Re: Open beaks extraction

We used to grab some crestal bone with broken root stumps twenty years ago.
Now-a-days, most people want some bone left afterwards to sink an implant
into, so we tease out the root with a flap and small luxator--after
separating the roots with a bur.

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Stephen [What's a Temporary?], D.D.S.
Michigan, USA
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"Mark & Steven Bornfeld" <bornfeldmung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> BDA wrote:
>
>> I just came back from Bangalore in India, where a PG student on the MDS
>> course told me about the open beaks extraction method.
>>
>> There was a situation where a heavily carious UR6 broke.
>> I managed to get the crown , MB, and DB roots out.
>>
>> The PG student then told me to reflect a bit of the palatal mucosa, and
>> then place one of the beaks into the DB socket and the other on the
>> palatal bone just outside the socket, and then squeeze.
>>
>> As I did so the palatlal root poped out. I was impressed.
>>
>> However I can find much on this technique. In the UK, when palatal root
>> breaks and its not that nr to the sinus, then we use luxators to expand
>> bone and break PDL fibres and rotational forces to get the root to
>> surface.
>>
>>
>> Can anyone enlighten me further?
>>
>> Thanks!!
>>
>>
>>
>
> I've done this, but rarely. I'd rather preserve the boney ridge where I
> can. I'm also not fond of roots popping--I'm not as young as I used to
> be.
>
> Steve
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> Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS
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> Brooklyn, NY
> 718-258-5001
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