Locating broken dental needles.
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.
Thompson
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Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Middlesbrough General Hospital, Aryesome Green Lane, Middlesbrough, TS5 5AZ, UK. mkto3@hotmail.com
Wright
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Cheng
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Starr
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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