need support from non-working
hand to protect TMJ against injury
Management
of fractured
primary
molar root
If clearly visible
remove by elevator/
root tip pick
If small &
deep position
Left to be resorbed
DON'T blind
investigation the socket
avoid damage to
permanent successor
Ankylosed teeth
some easy
some need
section of
tooth / flap
Divide tooth half bucco-lingually, till depth
of floor of chamber. Then remove bone at
buccal aspect. Then split using elevator.
Then remove each part by forcep
Post-operative
care
Child instruction:
1. Bite gauze for 30 min (avoid lip biting)
2. Tell him that he will get a new tooth
3. Light meat with no hard food on the day of extraction
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Parents instruction:
1. Explain why cotton roll is used & slight oozing blood from socket is no prob.
2. Not ask the child about how painful the area is
3. Dentist prescribe analgesic & antibiotic if extensive surgery is done
Principle of
exodontia in
pediatric
1. Pre-extraction radiograph
2. Avoid soft ts. injury
3. Adequate TA & profound LA
4. Explain to the children (Tell-Show-Do tech)
5. Use pead forcep
6. Place palatal/lingual beak first then labially
7. Keep apical firm pressure on tooth
8. Alert --> prevent tooth swallow
9. Avoid injury to permanent bud
10. Separated epi. attachment firstly using currette
11. Extend the gauze pack extraorally