title: Sagittal osteotomy for the removal of deeply impacted mandibular molars: a presentation of series of cases.
abstract: Sagittal osteotomy was primarily described as a treatment for prognathism and retrognathia. It has been rarely reported as an option for the removal of deeply impacted tooth. The principal indication of this approach is when the tooth is deeply impacted on the mandibular ramus or body and it presents intimate relationship between its root and inferior alveolar neurovascular bundles. In this article the author related three rare cases of lower third molar included. Because of the unusual deeply position of these, the SRRO surgery technique was realized to remove them. Sagittal split ramus osteotomy (SSRO) is technically safe and allows the removal of teeth in situations of deeply impacted mandibular ramus, angle or body with minimal trauma in a short time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Piracicaba Dental School Unicamp-SP, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Saulo Ellery
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sobral Dental School UFC-CE, Fortaleza, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rodrygo Nunes
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Piracicaba Dental School Unicamp-SP, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Márcio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Moraes
authors.affiliation: University of Fortaleza-UNIFOR Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Brazil.
authors.forename: Francisco Wagner Vasconcelos
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Freire-Filho
keywords: Extraction; Impacted teeth; Osteotomy
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