title: Automated sterile saline dispenser in lieu of an assistant for surgical bone cutting to remove impacted teeth.
abstract: Surgery for removal of wisdom teeth requires bone cutting under a constant stream of saline to cool the site of surgery. Any interruption in irrigation may predispose to thermal necrosis of bone which delays healing. A gravity-assisted saline irrigation system is easily fabricated from a sterile intravenous drip-set. Economics, availability, ease of use and sterility are its advantages as compared to expensive electromechanical saline dispenser pumps. The system also permits the surgeon's assistant to concentrate on other tasks during the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore 575001, India. drnakul@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nakul
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uppal
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000517:prevention & control; D003754:Dental High-Speed Equipment; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000601:surgery; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000379:methods*; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride