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The extraction and re-implantation of teeth for the difficult laryngoscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. J. Wareing*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge.
E. W. Fisher
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge.
R. H. Manning
Affiliation:
Department of Maxillo-facial Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge.
R. F. Gray
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge.
W. T. Lamb
Affiliation:
Department of Maxillo-facial Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge.
*
Mr M. J. Wareing, F.R.C.S., Department of Otolaryngology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ.

Abstract

We describe two cases where it was necessary to remove teeth to biopsy the larynx for malignant disease. Immediate reimplantation of the teeth proved successful.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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