Handpiece reported to have overheated during an oral surgery procedure and patient received a minor burn to their lip.Dental practice did not keep record of which patient received the burn injury or the date of the event.The practice reported that the event had occurred approximately sometime in the middle of (b)(6) 2022.The practice has not received any report of the need for further medical treatment from any of their patients they had treated around the time of the event occurrence, and they believe the patient healed normally.A follow up to this report will be made if additional information becomes available or are made aware of a change in the reported status of the patient.
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