Broken anesthetic injection needles: Report of 5 cases

Quintessence International

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 461-465

  Faura Solé, Marc ^a   Sánchez Garcés, María A ^a   Berini Aytes, Leonardo ^a   Gay Escoda, Cosme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Broken needle; Complication; Foreign body; Tooth extraction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; JAW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; JAW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES;

EID: 0033154661     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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