Lingual nerve damage due to inferior alveolar nerve blocks: A possible explanation

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-199

  Pogrel, M Anthony ^a   Schmidt, B L ^a   Sambajon, V ^a   Jordan, R C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; LINGUAL NERVE; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; INNERVATION; MANDIBULAR NERVE; NERVE FIBER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; CADAVER; HUMANS; LINGUAL NERVE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MOLAR, THIRD; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBERS;

EID: 0038282892     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2003.0133     Document Type: Article

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