Question 46 · LDEK · Impacted teeth
The complications which may occur after a prophylactic removal of an impacted lower third molar include:
1) dry socket;
2) injury of the inferior alveolar nerve;
3) injury of the lingual nerve.
The correct answer is:
2) injury of the inferior alveolar nerve;
3) injury of the lingual nerve.
The correct answer is:
- A. only 1.
- B. only 2.
- C. 1,2.
- D. 1,3.
- E. all the above.
Hint
Picture the anatomy around the lower third molar: the socket itself, the mandibular canal below and what runs along the lingual plate.
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