Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery ISSN: 0970-0358 EISSN: 1998-376x Vol. 38, Num. 1, 2005, pp. 67-67

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, Vol. 38, No. 1, January-June, 2005, pp. 67

Letter To Editor

Role of tooth-pick in plastic surgery

Saraf Sanjay, Sethi SS*

Specialist Plastic Surgeon, NMC Specialty Hospital, Dubai, UAE and *Plastic and Laser Surgeon, New Delhi, India.

Correspondence Address: E-mail: drsaraf@hotmail.com

Code Number: pl05016

Sir,
I would like to highlight the role of tooth-pick in Plastic Surgery The tooth-pick has been found to be very useful in the following situations:
1. As Marking Pen
2. Tattooing the markings in cleft lip surgery
3. As a dilator during micro-mini hair transplantation
4. To mark the pits during dermabrasion
5. For chemical cauterization of small cautaneous lesions
6. For sensory mapping
7. To mark the holes during plating in Maxillo-facial surgery
8. As a guide for passing wire through holes during plating in Maxillo-facial surgery
9. To locate punctum of eye
10. To locate stensen's duct in facial lacerations
11. To mark preauricular sinuses
12. To unwind the knot of suture
13. To extract buried suture
14. To clean the cautery tip

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