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Pravesh Mehra1, Renuka Avinashe1
1Present Address: Department of Dental and Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, LHMC and Associated SSK and KSC Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery
|December 2, 2024
Abstract:
Medical device separation or breakage is not an uncommon incident in routine maxillofacial surgery. The maxillofacial surgical procedures utilize various devices like piezosurgery tips, tungsten carbide burs, chisels and elevators. Instrument breakage or separation may be attributed to substandard grade, overused blunt instruments, repeated autoclaving, improper force application and overheating of instruments.
Keywords:
Bur separationComplication of third molar surgeryInstrument breakageMateriovigilanceOral surgery
