In this course you will learn how to treat a surgical emergency, and more importantly learn how to prevent an emergency. Most of your emergencies will be the result of extracting teeth, the exposed alveolar bone after laying a tissue flap, and the degree of damage to the surrounding tissues.
There is never a need to place excessive pressure on a tooth to extract it. When the tooth is not moving, and you are placing a great deal of pressure trying to make it move, you are doing something wrong. You need to analyze the direction of the roots, the shape of the roots, and where you are trying to move the tooth towards. Elevator extractions are easier on the patient than forceps extractions.
The path of extraction is defined as the direction the tooth or root of the tooth must go to be extracted.
Emergencies occur when you do not take the proper steps in extracting teeth. This course will go over the proper way of extracting a tooth to avoid an....