Advances in Bioengineered Conduits for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Peripheral nerve injury and regeneration in the maxillofacial region remain significant clinical problems. Peripheral nerves, including the inferior alveolar and lingual nerves, possess a limited ability to regenerate after traumatic…
Management of Mandibular Nerve Injuries from Dental Implants
Dental implant surgery has become the standard of care for reconstruction of simple and complex edentulous areas of the maxilla and mandible. The risks of injury to the branches of…
Autogenous Grafts/Allografts/Conduits for Bridging Peripheral Trigeminal Nerve Gaps
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…
Sensory Retraining: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Altered Sensation
Sensory retraining teaches the patient to ignore or blot out postinjury unpleasant orofacial sensations to optimally tune into and decipher the weakened and damaged signals from the tissues. Sensory retraining…
Microsurgical Techniques for Repair of the Inferior Alveolar and Lingual Nerves
The trigeminal nerve and its peripheral branches are susceptible to injury from maxillofacial trauma and iatrogenic causes in the practice of dentistry and medicine. These injuries can be significant for…
Nerve Injuries from Mandibular Third Molar Removal
In surveys of oral and maxillofacial surgery practice, removal of teeth is the most frequently performed operation. Removal of an impacted mandibular third molar tooth (M3) presents unique surgical challenges….
Inferior Alveolar and Lingual Nerve Imaging
At present, there are no objective testing modalities available for evaluation of iatrogenic injury to the terminal branches of the trigeminal nerve, making such clinical diagnosis and management complicated for…
Peripheral Nerve Response to Injury
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons caring for patients who have sustained a nerve injury to a branch of the peripheral trigeminal nerve must possess a basic understanding of the response of…
Clinical Evaluation of Peripheral Trigeminal Nerve Injuries
The purpose of evaluation of a patient with a sensory nerve injury is to obtain information about the circumstances of the injury and its subsequent course, perform an examination of…
