STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The most important risk factor for inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) damage is the proximity of the mandibular root apices to the alveolar canal. Failure to position the patient's head at standardized orientation during cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans might adversely affect the relative position of the alveolar canal and mandibular root apices with subsequent tre...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this retrospective study was to accumulate data regarding the quality of postoperative neurosensory function after inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) transposition for dental implant placement. METHODS The study included seven consecutive patients who underwent IAN transposition surgery for the insertion of a dental implant into the atrophic posterior mandible. Of these, ...

background: successful anesthesia during root canal therapy may be difficult to obtain. intraosseousinjection significantly improves anesthesia’s success as a supplemental pulpal anesthesia, particularly incases of irreversible pulpitis. the aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of x‑tip intraosseousinjection and inferior alveolar nerve (ian) block in primary anesthesia for mandibular p...

BACKGROUND In order to evaluate the neural mechanisms underlying the abnormal facial pain that may develop following regeneration of the injured inferior alveolar nerve (IAN), the properties of the IAN innervated in the mental region were analyzed. RESULTS Fluorogold (FG) injection into the mental region 14 days after IAN transection showed massive labeling of trigeminal ganglion (TG). The es...

BUMC PROCEEDINGS 2003;16:152–156 Some nerve injuries require repair in order to regain sensory or motor function. Although this article focuses primarily on trigeminal nerve (TN) injuries and repairs, the facts presented may apply to any peripheral nerve repair. The primary indications for nerve repair or grafting are 1) an injury or continuity defect in a nerve, as a result of trauma, patholog...

Damage to the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) may result in permanent painful dysaesthesia, and there is compelling evidence to suggest that ectopic activity from the injury site plays a crucial role in the initiation of this disorder. The aim of this study was to determine whether neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), a regulator of neuronal excitability, could be involved in the development of...

Introduction: The most common surgical procedure performed in the oral cavity is extraction of mandibular third molar, and it has also some complications which include postoperative neurosensory deficits. incidence various deficits after lower molar removal been reported from studies countries. For example, inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) injury, manifests itself as paresthesia or complete loss s...

Inferior Alveolar Nerve (IAN) canal detection has been the focus of multiple recent works in dentistry and maxillofacial imaging. Deep learning-based techniques have reached interesting results this research field, although small size 3D datasets strongly limited performance these algorithms. Researchers forced to build their own private datasets, thus precluding any opportunity for reproducing...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of panoramic radiographic findings in relation to inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) exposure after mandibular third molar (M3) extraction. METHODS The study used a retrospective cohort model. The primary predictor variable was the presence or absence of > or = 1 panoramic radiographic sign associated with an increase...