Open AccessIntra-alveolar extraction of impacted distoangular mandibular third molars: A novel technique
Author(s) -
K Santhosh Kumar,
A Emmanuel Dhiravia Sargunam,
C Ravindran,
G V V Giri
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_580_17
Subject(s) - impaction , molar , medicine , dentistry , soft tissue , impacted tooth , oral and maxillofacial surgery , orthodontics , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , wisdom tooth , mandibular third molar , surgery , biology , botany , genus
Recent trends in maxillofacial surgery are to reduce the trauma to the adjacent soft tissue. The distoangular impaction presents a challenge to the maxillofacial surgeon and also results in more surgical morbidity. Here, we present a minimally invasive extraction technique for the distoangular mandibular third molar impaction.