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Tooth extraction
I went to a dentist to extract my "upper right back" tooth. The extraction was incomplete. The dentist told me that he could not remove as the tip(root) is very close to the jaw. Is it safe to leave it as it is? And how long?
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it is sometimes safer not to remove apical 1/3 of broken root of upper molar,because such attempt sometimes pushes the root fragment into maxillary sinus,that can be dangerous can lead to formation of oro antral fistula,so such root tip is usually left behind as such it will resorb later on
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