Question 88 · LDEK · Indications and technique

In order to extract the mesial root of tooth 37 fractured below the bone edge, one can use:

  1. A. mesial Winter elevator.
  2. B. distal Schlemmer elevator.
  3. C. forceps for extracting lower roots.
  4. D. Meissner forceps.
  5. E. Berten elevator.
Hint

A root broken below the bone cannot be gripped; think of an angled instrument placed in the neighbouring empty socket to break the septum.

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