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Dental surgery term - HELP


Posted: Feb 04, 2014

It is for a broken mandible: "A "blue cheese" retractor was placed to aid visualization." TIA

Dental surgery term - anon

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Sorry, hate dental reports. All I could find was BlueSeal cheeck retractor to aid visualization

That may be it. Thanks!! - n/m

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