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An Ancient Science to Improve Today’s Clinical Practice: Oral Surgery Meets Human Anatomy
Human body dissection was a ubiquitous practice in the past, to better understand anatomy and to develop medicine. Today, its role could still be important to answer everyday clinical queries and help surgeons. The example of the possible lack of anesthesia during symphysis surgeries can emphasize t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8619130/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34831673 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211915 |
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author | Pistilli, Roberto Bonifazi, Lorenzo Barausse, Carlo Ruggeri, Alessandra Covelli, Michele Karaban, Maryia Felice, Pietro |
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description | Human body dissection was a ubiquitous practice in the past, to better understand anatomy and to develop medicine. Today, its role could still be important to answer everyday clinical queries and help surgeons. The example of the possible lack of anesthesia during symphysis surgeries can emphasize the usefulness of dissection. The mandibular symphysis usually receives innervation from inferior alveolar nerve terminations, but, in some rare cases, a particular anastomosis involves the lingual nerve and the nerve to the mylohyoid. The anatomical knowledge resulting from body dissections could help oral surgeons to understand the reason why the patient could feel pain during the surgery, and ensure performance of the right lingual nerve block to obtain complete anesthesia. This clinical situation shows the educational role of an ancient, yet still valid, practice, human dissection, and the importance of anatomical studies to improve surgical skills, to provide better treatment for the patient. |
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spelling | pubmed-86191302021-11-27 An Ancient Science to Improve Today’s Clinical Practice: Oral Surgery Meets Human Anatomy Pistilli, Roberto Bonifazi, Lorenzo Barausse, Carlo Ruggeri, Alessandra Covelli, Michele Karaban, Maryia Felice, Pietro Int J Environ Res Public Health Brief Report Human body dissection was a ubiquitous practice in the past, to better understand anatomy and to develop medicine. Today, its role could still be important to answer everyday clinical queries and help surgeons. The example of the possible lack of anesthesia during symphysis surgeries can emphasize the usefulness of dissection. The mandibular symphysis usually receives innervation from inferior alveolar nerve terminations, but, in some rare cases, a particular anastomosis involves the lingual nerve and the nerve to the mylohyoid. The anatomical knowledge resulting from body dissections could help oral surgeons to understand the reason why the patient could feel pain during the surgery, and ensure performance of the right lingual nerve block to obtain complete anesthesia. This clinical situation shows the educational role of an ancient, yet still valid, practice, human dissection, and the importance of anatomical studies to improve surgical skills, to provide better treatment for the patient. MDPI 2021-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8619130/ /pubmed/34831673 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211915 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Pistilli, Roberto Bonifazi, Lorenzo Barausse, Carlo Ruggeri, Alessandra Covelli, Michele Karaban, Maryia Felice, Pietro An Ancient Science to Improve Today’s Clinical Practice: Oral Surgery Meets Human Anatomy |
title | An Ancient Science to Improve Today’s Clinical Practice: Oral Surgery Meets Human Anatomy |
title_full | An Ancient Science to Improve Today’s Clinical Practice: Oral Surgery Meets Human Anatomy |
title_fullStr | An Ancient Science to Improve Today’s Clinical Practice: Oral Surgery Meets Human Anatomy |
title_full_unstemmed | An Ancient Science to Improve Today’s Clinical Practice: Oral Surgery Meets Human Anatomy |
title_short | An Ancient Science to Improve Today’s Clinical Practice: Oral Surgery Meets Human Anatomy |
title_sort | ancient science to improve today’s clinical practice: oral surgery meets human anatomy |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8619130/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34831673 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211915 |
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