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Case Reports
. 2003 Dec;32(6):642-4.
doi: 10.1054/ijom.2003.0430.

Locating broken dental needles

M Thompson  1 , S Wright, L H H Cheng, D Starr
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Case Reports

Locating broken dental needles

M Thompson et al. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2003 Dec.

Abstract

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.

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