title: Accidental displacement of a high-speed handpiece bur during mandibular third molar surgery: a case report.
abstract: Removal of third molars is one of the most common surgical procedures performed in oral and maxillofacial surgery. This procedure may result in a number of major and minor complications. Accidental displacement of impacted third molars is a complication that occasionally occurs during these operations, but accidental displacement of a high-speed handpiece bur has never been reported in literature before. The aim of this article is to present a rare and previously unreported case of a foreign body in the submandibular space and to review the possible complications seen after third molar surgery.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serhat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yalcin
authors.forename: Irem
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aktas
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Emes
authors.forename: Belir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Atalay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003754:Dental High-Speed Equipment; D003762:Dental Instruments / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000601:surgery*; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020390:Tooth Socket / Q000601:surgery