Sensory retraining following orthognathic surgery: Effect on threshold measures of sensory function

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 415-426

  Essick, G K ^a,b   Phillips, C ^b   Kim, S H ^b   Zuniga, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Orthognathic surgery; Sensory impairment; Sensory rehabilitation; Sensory retraining; Sensory thresholds; Trigeminal nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE THERAPY; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 65749104266     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: 13652842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.2009.01954.x     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Westermark A, Bystedt H, von Konow L. Inferior alveolar nerve function after sagittal split osteotomy of the mandible: correlation with degree of intraoperative nerve encounter and other variables in 496 operations. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1998 36 : 429 433.
2. Essick G, Austin S, Phillips C, Kiyak A. Short-term sensory impairment following orthognathic surgery. Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. 2001 13 : 295 313.
3. Teerijoki-Oksa T, Jaaskelainen S, Forssell K, Virtanen A, Forssell H. An evaluation of clinical and electrophysiologic tests in nerve injury diagnosis after mandibular sagittal split osteotomy. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2003 32 : 15 23.
4. Kim SG, Park SS. Incidence of complications and problems related to orthognathic surgery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2007 65 : 2438 2444.
5. Espeland L, Hogevold HE, Stenvik A. A 3-year patient-centred follow-up of 516 consecutively treated orthognathic surgery patients. Eur J Orthod. 2008 30 : 24 30.
6. Ylikontiola L, Kinnunen J, Oikarinen K. Factors affecting neurosensory disturbance after mandibular bilateral sagittal split osteotomy. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2000 58 : 1234 1239. discussion 1239-1240.
7. Phillips C, Essick G, Preisser J, Turvey T, Tucker M, D L. Sensory retraining following orthognathic surgery: effect on patient perception of altered sensation. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2007 65 : 1162 1173.
8. Essick GK, Phillips C, Zuniga J. Effect of facial sensory re-training on sensory thresholds. J Dent Res. 2007 86 : 571 575.
9. Phillips C, Kim S, Essick G, Tucker M, Turvey T. Sensory retraining following orthognathic surgery: effect on patient report of the presence of altered sensation. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop in Press).
10. Fridrich KL, Holton TJ, Pansegrau KJ, Buckley MJ. Neurosensory recovery following the mandibular bilateral sagittal split osteotomy. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1995 53 : 1300 1306.
11. Yoshida T, Nagamine T, Kobayashi T, Michimi N, Nakajima T, Sasakura H et al. Impairment of the inferior alveolar nerve after sagittal split osteotomy. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1989 17 : 271 277.
12. Lemke RR, Rugh JD, Van Sickels J, Bays RA, Clark GM. Neurosensory differences after wire and rigid fixation in patients with mandibular advancement. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2000 58 : 1354 1359. discussion 1359-1360.
13. Phillips C, Bennett E. Psychological ramifications of orthognathic surgery. Philadelphia, PA : Saunders 2000.
14. Nishioka GJ, Zysset MK, Van Sickels JE. Neurosensory disturbance with rigid fixation of the bilateral sagittal split osteotomy. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1987 45 : 20 26.
15. Posnick JC, Al-Qattan MM, Stepner NM. Alteration in facial sensibility in adolescents following sagittal split and chin osteotomies of the mandible. Plastic Reconstr Surg. 1996 97 : 920 927.
16. Dellon AL, Curtis RM, Edgerton MT. Reeducation of sensation in the hand after nerve injury and repair. Plastic Reconstr Surg. 1974 53 : 297 305.
17. Dellon A. Re-education of sensation. Baltimore, MD : John D. Lucas 1988.
18. Waylett-Rendall J. Sensibility evaluation and rehabilitation. Orthop Clin North Am. 1988 19 : 43 56.
19. Gregg J. Nonsurgical management of traumatic trigeminal neuralgias and sensory neuropathies. Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. 1992 4 : 375 392.
20. Harvey LJ. Efficient estimation of sensory thresholds. Behav Res Method Instrum Comput. 1986 18 : 623 632.
21. Essick GK, Phillips C, Turvey TA, Tucker M. Facial altered sensation and sensory impairment after orthognathic surgery. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2007 36 : 577 582.
22. Chen CC, Essick GK, Kelly DG, Young MG, Nestor JM, Masse B. Gender-, side- and site-dependent variations in human perioral spatial resolution. Arch Oral Biol. 1995 40 : 539 548.
23. Feldman J, Essick G, Zuniga J, Phillips C. Inter-examiner reliability of three subjective clinical neurosensory tests. Int J Adult Orthod Orthognath Surg. 1997 12 : 273 285.
24. Derogatis LR, Lipman RS, Covi L. SCL-90: an outpatient psychiatric rating scale - preliminary report. Psychopharmacol Bull. 1973 9 : 13 28.
25. Schier M, Carver C. Effects of optimism on psychological and physical well-being: theoretical overview and empirical update. Cogn Ther Res. 1992 16 : 210 228.
26. Phillips C, Bailey L, Kiyak H, Bloomquist D. Effects of a computerized treatment simulation on patient expectations for orthognathic surgery. Int J Adult Orthod Orthognath Surg. 2001 16 : 87 98.
27. SAS SII. SAS/STAT 9.1 user's guide. Cary, NC : SAS Institute 2004.
28. Dellon AL. Functional sensation and its reeducation. Clin Plast Surg. 1984 11 : 95 99.
29. Imai H, Tajima T, Natsumi Y. Successful reeducation of functional sensibility after median nerve repair at the wrist. J Hand Surg [Am]. 1991 16 : 60 65.
30. Callahan A. Methods of compensation and re-education for sensory dysfunction. St. Louis, MO : CV Mosby 1995.
31. Meyer R, Rath E. Sensory rehabilitation after trigeminal nerve injury or nerve repair. Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. 2001 13 : 365 376.
32. Essick GK. Psychophysical assessment of patients with posttraumatic neuropathic trigeminal pain. J Orofacial Pain. 2004 18 : 345 354.
33. Phillips C, Essick G, Zuniga J, Tucker M, Blakey G III. Qualitative descriptors used by patients following orthognathic surgery to portray altered sensation. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2006 64 : 1751 1760.
34. Florence SL, Boydston LA, Hackett TA, Lachoff HT, Strata F, Niblock MM. Sensory enrichment after peripheral nerve injury restores cortical, not thalamic, receptive field organization. Eur J Neurosci. 2001 13 : 1755 1766.
35. Lundborg G, Richard P. Bunge memorial lecture. Nerve injury and repair - a challenge to the plastic brain. J Peripher Nerv Syst. 2003 8 : 209 226.
36. Van-Boven R, Johnson K. The limit of tactile spatial resolution in humans: grating orientation discrimination at the lip, tongue and finger. Neurology. 1994 44 : 2361 2366.
37. Van-Boven R, Johnson K. A psychophysical study of the mechanisms of sensory recovery following nerve injury in humans. Brain. 1994 117 : 149 167.
38. Bell-Krotoski J, Weinstein S, Weinstein C. Testing sensibility, including touch-pressure, two-point discrimination, point localization, and vibration. J Hand Ther. 1993 6 : 114 123.
39. Haber WB. Reactions to loss of limb: physiological and psychological aspects. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1958 74 : 14 24.
40. Moore CE, Partner A, Sedgwick EM. Cortical focusing is an alternative explanation for improved sensory acuity on an amputation stump. Neurosci Lett. 1999 270 : 185 187.
41. Shieh SJ, Chiu HY, Lee JW, Hsu HY. Evaluation of the effectiveness of sensory reeducation following digital replantation and revascularization. Microsurgery. 1995 16 : 578 582.
42. Blomqvist JE, Alberius P, Isaksson S. Sensibility following sagittal split osteotomy in the mandible: a prospective clinical study. Plastic Reconstr Surg. 1998 102 : 325 333.
43. Panula K, Finne K, Oikarinen K. Incidence of complications and problems related to orthognathic surgery: a review of 655 patients. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2001 59 : 1128 1136. discussion 1137.
44. Thygesen TH, Bardow A, Helleberg M, Norholt SE, Jensen J, Svensson P. Risk factors affecting somatosensory function after sagittal split osteotomy. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2008 66 : 469 474.
45. Thuer U, Ingervall B, Vuillemin T. Functional and sensory impairment after sagittal split osteotomies. Int J Adult Orthod Orthognath Surg. 1997 12 : 263 272.
46. Joss CU, Thuer UW. Neurosensory and functional impairment in sagittal split osteotomies: a longitudinal and long-term follow-up study. Eur J Orthod. 2007 29 : 263 271.
47. Brill N, Tryde G, Morgan G, Rees DA. Age changes in the two-point discrimination threshold in skin innervated by the trigeminal nerve. J Oral Rehabil. 1974 1 : 149 157.
48. Stevens JC, Choo KK. Spatial acuity of the body surface over the life span. Somatosens Mot Res. 1996 13 : 153 166.
49. Tsuboi Y, Takeda M, Tanimoto T, Ikeda M, Matsumoto S, Kitagawa J. Alteration of the second branch of the trigeminal nerve activity following inferior alveolar nerve transaction in rats. Pain. 2004 111 : 323 324.
50. Hatch JP, Rugh JD, Bays RA, Van Sickels JE, Keeling SD, Clark GM. Psychological function in orthognathic surgical patients before and after bilateral sagittal split osteotomy with rigid and wire fixation. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 1999 115 : 536 543.
51. Phillips C, Kiyak HA, Bloomquist D, Turvey TA. Perceptions of recovery and satisfaction in the short term after orthognathic surgery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2004 62 : 535 544.
52. Becelli R, Renzi G, Carboni A, Cerulli G, Gasparini G. Inferior alveolar nerve impairment after mandibular sagittal split osteotomy: an analysis of spontaneous recovery patterns observed in 60 patients. J Craniofac Surg. 2002 13 : 315 320.
53. Jaaskelainen SK. The utility of clinical neurophysiological and quantitative sensory testing for trigeminal neuropathy. J Orofacial Pain. 2004 18 : 355 359.