title: Locating broken dental needles.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Middlesbrough General Hospital, Aryesome Green Lane, Middlesbrough, TS5 5AZ, UK. mkto3@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: L H H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Starr
mesh_terms: D000766:Anesthesia, Dental / Q000295:instrumentation; D002648:Child; D003762:Dental Instruments; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D008875:Middle Aged; D009339:Needles; D013100:Sphenoid Bone; D014963:X-Ray Intensifying Screens