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Preoperative x-ray of the patient showing deeply impacted right third molar and radiolucency surrounding the tooth.
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Extraction of the tooth was planned due to the pain and the radiolucency surrounding the crown and apex (Fig. 1).
Perioperative x-ray of the patient showing the thin fracture line.
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A panoramic radiograph was taken immediately, revealing a non-displaced, unfavorable green-stick-like fracture line extending from the base of the alveolar margin to the lower mandibular border (Fig. 2).
Postoperative x-ray at 1 month showing the healing of the fracture line.
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Bone union was observed radiologically after 1 month (Fig. 3).
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Postoperative panoramic view of the patient showing the fracture line extending from the root to the mandibular angle.
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A panoramic radiograph and a volumetric tomographic scan showed an oblique and unfavorable fracture line on the left mandible that extended from the tooth roots to the mandibular angle (Figs. 4, 5).
Postoperative cone-beam computed tomography image of the patient showing the fracture line.
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A panoramic radiograph and a volumetric tomographic scan showed an oblique and unfavorable fracture line on the left mandible that extended from the tooth roots to the mandibular angle (Figs. 4, 5).
Postoperative x-ray at 1 month showing the healing fracture line.
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Bone union was observed radiologically after 1 month (Fig. 6).