Nerve Injuries After Third Molar Removal

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-115

  Ziccardi, Vincent B ^a   Zuniga, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL SURGERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; LINGUAL NERVE; MICROSURGERY; MOLAR TOOTH; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROLYSIS; NEUROSURGERY; REVIEW; SENSORY EVALUATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

HUMANS; LINGUAL NERVE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MICROSURGERY; MOLAR, THIRD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, IMPACTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 33846303237     PISSN: 10423699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coms.2006.11.005     Document Type: Review

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