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Case Reports
. 2000 Jun 10;188(11):589-90.
doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4800547.

Surgical emphysema and pneumomediastinum complicating dental extraction

A Ali  1 , D R Cunliffe, S R Watt-Smith
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Surgical emphysema and pneumomediastinum complicating dental extraction

A Ali et al. Br Dent J. .

Abstract

Subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema is a rare complication of dental extraction and the use of air turbines has often been implicated. We describe a case which highlights a serious complication of the use of an air rotor for the removal of a right second mandibular molar.

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