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Locating broken dental needles.

M Thompson·S Wright·L H H Cheng·D Starr
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Broken dental needles are a rare event. They are difficult to find and remove. We report two cases in which broken needles were located using a simple stereotactic method with the aid of an image intensifier.

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Anesthesia, DentalChildDental InstrumentsEquipment FailureFemaleFluoroscopyForeign BodiesForeign-Body MigrationHumansMaleMandibleMiddle AgedNeedlesSphenoid BoneX-Ray Intensifying ScreensCase ReportsJournal Article

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M Thompson, S Wright, L H H Cheng, D Starr. 2003. Locating broken dental needles.. https://doi.org/10.1054/ijom.2003.0430

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