en Oral & maxillofacial surgery Oral & maxillofacial surgery Case report <div> <table align="center" hspace="0" vspace="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding: 0cm 12px; text-align: justify;" valign="top"><span style="font-size:13pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">Background and Aim</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">:</span></span></span></b><b> </b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">Displacement of a tooth or part of it into the adjacent anatomical structures is a serious complication of oral surgical procedures. Herein, we report intraoral management of a root displaced into the submandibular space. &nbsp;</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">Case Presentation:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""> A 46-year-old female was referred by a dentist to the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery for management of a displaced right mandibular third molar root into the submandibular space. The patient had undergone unsuccessful extraction of the tooth under local anesthesia 2 weeks earlier. On clinical examination, the floor of the mouth was tender on palpation, and slight edema was noted extra-orally at the right mandibular angle. Panoramic radiography and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) were requested, which showed presence of a residual root segment (high density mass) in the right submandibular region. The dislodged root was removed intraorally under general anesthesia without any postoperative complication.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b> <span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">Displacement of tooth/tooth fragments into anatomical spaces after molar extraction can be avoided by adequate preoperative evaluation of patient and adoption of a meticulous surgical technique by an expert oral surgeon. </span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="tab-stops:204.75pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span class="AbstractsubtitleChar" style="font-family:Mitra"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"></span></span></span></span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> Molar, Mandible, Tooth Extraction, Tooth Root 217 220 http://jrdms.dentaliau.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-903-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Afshin Yadegari Naini Afshin@yahoo.com 100319475328460012035 100319475328460012035 No Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry (Khorasgan), Isfahan Azad University, Isfahan, Iran Sepehr Kobravi sepehr.kobravi@gmail.com 100319475328460012036 0000000225519525 Yes Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran Azad University, Tehran, Iran Aida Jafari jafariaida@yahoo.com 100319475328460012037 100319475328460012037 No Faculty of Dentistry (Khorasgan), Isfahan Azad University, Isfahan, Iran