Wisdom tooth extraction is occasionally accompanied by many complications including soft tissue trauma, numbness of the lip or tongue, fracture of the mandible, and displacement of the tooth into the fascial space. Intraoperative displacement of the mandibular third molar into the fascial space is an unusual complication. The present patient was referred to our hospital due to displacement of the third molar into the sublingual space during surgical extraction. Computed tomography was used to locate the tooth fragment. Under general anesthesia, we retrieved the tooth fragment through an intraoral approach. No additional complications occurred postoperatively.