Sectioning Maxillary First Molars

Has this scenario ever played out in your dental practice? Your schedule is full including half an hour for an extraction in the afternoon – an upper first molar. As you get into the procedure… first, it won’t go numb. When it finally does, the tooth shatters with forcep pressure, roots are now broken off at the bone level, and things keep going downhill from there…. you’re struggling and the patient knows it.