The implications of a broken needle in the pterygomandibular space: Clinical guidelines for prevention and retrieval

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-156

  Zeltser, Rephael ^a   Cohen, Carlos ^b   Casap, Nardi ^c  

^a Dept Oral and Maxillofacial Surg ^*  (Venezuela)

^b OMFS   (Venezuela)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Broken needle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; EQUIPMENT; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INJECTIONS; MALE; MANDIBLE; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; PTERYGOID MUSCLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036515671     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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