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case_images: X-ray case 1.
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case_images: fig1
case_images: A 24 years old male patient (case 1) and 26-year-old male patient (case 2) presented to the clinic suffering from continuous pain in the mandibular left region, none of them reported any past medical history or systemic diseases, conventional X-ray examination (panoramic and periapical) showed mesioangular impaction of the left mandibular third molar with slight resorption in the distal root of the second molar (Figures 1 and 2), and both cases were indicated for surgical removal of the impacted third molar.
case_images: X-ray case 2.
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case_images: fig2
case_images: A 24 years old male patient (case 1) and 26-year-old male patient (case 2) presented to the clinic suffering from continuous pain in the mandibular left region, none of them reported any past medical history or systemic diseases, conventional X-ray examination (panoramic and periapical) showed mesioangular impaction of the left mandibular third molar with slight resorption in the distal root of the second molar (Figures 1 and 2), and both cases were indicated for surgical removal of the impacted third molar.
case_images: Intraoperative case 1.
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case_images: fig3
case_images: One was inserted into the buccal side of the flap in the middle point of the flap line distally to the second molar and passed outside the mouth to the left side of the patient; meanwhile, the other was inserted into the lingual side of the flap in the middle point of the flap line and passed outside the mouth to the right side of the patient (Figures 3 and 4).
case_images: Intraoperative case 2.
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case_images: fig4
case_images: One was inserted into the buccal side of the flap in the middle point of the flap line distally to the second molar and passed outside the mouth to the left side of the patient; meanwhile, the other was inserted into the lingual side of the flap in the middle point of the flap line and passed outside the mouth to the right side of the patient (Figures 3 and 4).
case_images: Intraoperative.
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case_images: fig5
case_images: The assistant pulled the threads from both sides to compensate for a flap retractor (Figure 5).
case_images: Extracted tooth case 1.
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case_images: fig6
case_images: Extracted tooth case 2.
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case_images: Postoperative case 1.
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case_images: fig8
case_images: Postoperative case 2.
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case_images: fig9
case_images: 5 days follow-up case 1.
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case_images: fig10
case_images: 5 days follow-up case 2.
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case_images: fig11