Lee Jiseon, Park Min Woo, Kim Min Keun, Kim Soung Min, Seo Kwang-Suk
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Department of Oral and Maxiilofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Korea.
J Dent Anesth Pain Med. 2015 Jun;15(2):97-100. doi: 10.17245/jdapm.2015.15.2.97. Epub 2015 Jun 30.
One complication related to local anesthesia in the dental clinic is a broken needle. Although rare, a broken needle may be difficult to retrieve. Dental radiographs and 3D CT have been used in the past to confirm the location of a broken needle. We present the case of a broken needle, which was successfully removed using a careful, microscopic approach.