BDS · Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery · TOPIC 05 Exodontia & Impacted Third Molars Mechanical removal of teeth, and what makes the third molar a category of its own Extraction is the dental profession’s oldest procedure and still the most-performed surgical intervention in dentistry. The mechanical principle is unchanged across centuries — apply controlled force to disengage the tooth from its alveolus — but the difference between a clean atraumatic extraction and a fractured root, broken tuberosity, or oroantral communication is almost entirely about pre-operative assessment, instrument …
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