A 20-year-old woman requests extraction of the lower left 3rd molar (Fig.1).  In fact the tooth being buccal to the 2nd molar is ignored preop (Fig.1,2 red arrow).  The vertical incision is placed too distal with subsequent elevation of the mesial flap.  From now on every panoramic X-ray should be viewed with magnification before surgery!  

Buccal to 2nd Molar       Last     Next Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 08/07/2021, last revision 08/07/2021