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181. Jim Janakievski, DDS, MSD - Socket Shield Technique

Dental Digest Podcast with Dr. Melissa Seibert

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How to Create a Thin Shield on the Facial

The technique involves cutting the tooth root in half. The goal is to remove essentially three quarters of the root and just leave a shell on the labial side. You have to be very careful when you are extracting the palatal half of the root. And I use a combination of high speed hand pieces, but also towards the end of the shaping procedure, I actually utilize tapered implant drills or lateral cutting drills.

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