Background: Breakage of surgical instruments is a rare complication. A mistake in operator technique or sub-standard/aged tools could lead to this type of accident. A tooth elevator is an instrument used in minor oral surgical procedures to luxate the tooth or fractured root from its socket. The authors have not found any previously published cases reporting the breakage of a tooth elevator tip which then remained as a foreign body in a hidden caries cavity. Case presentation: A 28-year-old African black male was referred to a hospital in Tanzania for an intraoral radiography. The patient explained that six months previously his mandibular left third molar had been extracted. Whilst the healing process had been satisfactory, he had recently...
A middle - aged, partially edentulous Caucasian female patient presented to a general dentist for ex...
Instrument fracture is a serious complication during endodontic treatment of teeth, having an advers...
Background: The chance of discovering foreign object in a root canal is more commonly seen in childr...
Breakage of surgical instruments is a rare complication. A mistake in operator technique or sub-stan...
Background: Breakage of surgical instruments is a rare complication. A mistake in operator technique...
Instrument breakage during treatment can lead to serious complications and carries the risk of treat...
Abstract Background A fracture...
This case report describes a rare case of a broken periodontal probe tip and its removal. A male pat...
Foreign bodies may be ingested after being inserted into an oral cavity or deposited in the body by ...
AbstractDiscovery of multiple foreign objects in the root canal is unusual and their removal is ofte...
Instrument fracture during procedure is not uncommon for dental surgeons, especially in root canal s...
Dental implant surgery is continuously expanding. In fact, every day more and more surgeons are choo...
Once root canal treatment is considered, the treating clinicians must be aware of the real possibili...
Introduction: Accidents and complications are elements that can occasionally be associated with the ...
A healthy 28-year old female reported with the chief complain of pain and swelling in the lower left...
A middle - aged, partially edentulous Caucasian female patient presented to a general dentist for ex...
Instrument fracture is a serious complication during endodontic treatment of teeth, having an advers...
Background: The chance of discovering foreign object in a root canal is more commonly seen in childr...
Breakage of surgical instruments is a rare complication. A mistake in operator technique or sub-stan...
Background: Breakage of surgical instruments is a rare complication. A mistake in operator technique...
Instrument breakage during treatment can lead to serious complications and carries the risk of treat...
Abstract Background A fracture...
This case report describes a rare case of a broken periodontal probe tip and its removal. A male pat...
Foreign bodies may be ingested after being inserted into an oral cavity or deposited in the body by ...
AbstractDiscovery of multiple foreign objects in the root canal is unusual and their removal is ofte...
Instrument fracture during procedure is not uncommon for dental surgeons, especially in root canal s...
Dental implant surgery is continuously expanding. In fact, every day more and more surgeons are choo...
Once root canal treatment is considered, the treating clinicians must be aware of the real possibili...
Introduction: Accidents and complications are elements that can occasionally be associated with the ...
A healthy 28-year old female reported with the chief complain of pain and swelling in the lower left...
A middle - aged, partially edentulous Caucasian female patient presented to a general dentist for ex...
Instrument fracture is a serious complication during endodontic treatment of teeth, having an advers...
Background: The chance of discovering foreign object in a root canal is more commonly seen in childr...