A figure 8 movement in extraction of lower molar teeth in comparison to the bucco-lingual movement

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Background : the purpose of this study was to evaluate figure 8 movement in extraction of lower molar teeth.

Materials and Methods : seven hundred patients complaining from pain of badly carious lower first and second molars, half of them their teeth were extracted by using figure8 movement, while the second half their teeth were extracted by using the ordinary bucco-lingual movement.

Results : the study shows that extractions by using figure8 movements give better results with fewer complications during and after extraction in comparison to the bucco-lingual movement.

Conclusion : it is better to use figure 8 movements in extraction of bulky lower molar teeth.