title: [A very unusual complication of the extraction of a wisdom tooth].
abstract: We report here a case of a 42-year-old man who presented a major complication during wisdom tooth extraction. Secondarily after an extraction attempt to tooth migrated into the temporal fossa which required hemi-coronal surgical removal. We present a description of the surgical technique.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Plastique et de Stomatologie, Hôpital Militaire d'Instruction Mohamed V, Rabat.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elgbouri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boulaadas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nassih
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rzin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jidal
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cantaloube
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jidal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008297:Male; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000601:surgery*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015050:Zygoma / Q000473:pathology