I had more scheduled appointments today. I completed a few restorations and also an extraction of #18. There were root caries present extending all the way horizontally on the distal root. As I tried elevating I noticed that the distal root was already fractured due to caries. As I used the forceps to extract, the last bit of force was released and my forceps hit the upper teeth as I was extracting the tooth. The patient said "UHH" and I accidently said "Oops". That's something that I need to work on as sometimes it is expected. I should have warned the patient better beforehand and should have never said oops as it made it seem like something bad had happened and was not comforting to the patient. A good lesson was learned at that momement. The patient was fine and glad that his tooth was out. I showed him the extent of caries and the infection around the tooth.
Root fracture due to caries? Hm... Not sure about that one. Try putting your finger on the other side of the forceps when you think the tooth is coming out :)
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