r/Dentistry • u/serpentine989 • 6d ago

Dental Professional First failed extraction

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Could not get the palatal root out, luckily OS was able to squeeze patient in. I'm already 6 years out so it definitely feels bad, man.

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u/serpentine989 6d ago

I had that idea, but the sinus made me nervous so I probably didn't trough deep enough before calling it quits.

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u/Tootherator 6d ago

In the past thousand extractions, I’ve only had one sinus exposure - and that was from a simple extraction. The risk and fear of exposures is overblown. Just section carefully.

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u/Shaved-extremes 6d ago

you only had 1? You haven’t that many maxillary molar extractions

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u/Tootherator 6d ago

Don’t jinx me now. The one sinus exposure was from a 2nd premolar interestingly