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The use of air turbines for the removal of bone or the division of teeth is to be deprecated. Surgical emphysema of the neck and mediastinum as a direct result of the inappropriate use of an air turbine drill to remove an impacted third molar tooth may result in potentially life threatening complications
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Guest, P., Henderson, S. Surgical emphysema of the mediastinum as a consequence of attempted extraction of a third molar tooth using an air turbine drill. Br Dent J 171, 283–284 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4807693
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