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摘要

Panoramic radiography showing the preoperative status of the patient. Note the profoundly impacted lower third molar (3M), which added to the bone thinning (red line) and the age of the patient, determine a high probability of mandible fracture. Panoramic radiography showing the postoperative status of the patient, 6 days after the event. Note the post-extraction socket of the first molar (1M), the implant’ space imprudently removed by the surgeon, and of the post-extraction socket of the 3M showing a complicated fracture of the mandibular angle (Circle). See the damage produced by excessive intraoperative maneuvers in the second molar (2M).