An anatomical study of the lingual nerve in the lower third molar area

The lingual nerve (LN) is a branch of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve, and its injury is one of the major complications during oral surgery. This study aims to investigate the anatomy of the LN in the lower third molar area. Twenty sides from ten fresh-frozen adult cadaveric Caucasia...

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Autores principales: Kikuta, Shogo, Iwanaga, Joe, Kusukawa, Jingo, Tubbs, R. Shane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Association of Anatomists 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6624336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31338230
http://dx.doi.org/10.5115/acb.2019.52.2.140
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author Kikuta, Shogo
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description The lingual nerve (LN) is a branch of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve, and its injury is one of the major complications during oral surgery. This study aims to investigate the anatomy of the LN in the lower third molar area. Twenty sides from ten fresh-frozen adult cadaveric Caucasian heads were examined to measure the diameter of the LN. The mean diameter of the LN was 2.20±0.37 mm (range, 1.61–2.95 mm). There were no statistically significant differences in the measurements between sexes, sides, or tooth status (dentulous or edentulous). Understanding the anatomical features of the LN is essential for performing any surgical procedure in the oral region.
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spelling pubmed-66243362019-07-23 An anatomical study of the lingual nerve in the lower third molar area Kikuta, Shogo Iwanaga, Joe Kusukawa, Jingo Tubbs, R. Shane Anat Cell Biol Original Article The lingual nerve (LN) is a branch of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve, and its injury is one of the major complications during oral surgery. This study aims to investigate the anatomy of the LN in the lower third molar area. Twenty sides from ten fresh-frozen adult cadaveric Caucasian heads were examined to measure the diameter of the LN. The mean diameter of the LN was 2.20±0.37 mm (range, 1.61–2.95 mm). There were no statistically significant differences in the measurements between sexes, sides, or tooth status (dentulous or edentulous). Understanding the anatomical features of the LN is essential for performing any surgical procedure in the oral region. Korean Association of Anatomists 2019-06 2019-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6624336/ /pubmed/31338230 http://dx.doi.org/10.5115/acb.2019.52.2.140 Text en Copyright © 2019. Anatomy & Cell Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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