A prospective, quantitative study on the clinical outcome of inferior alveolar nerve decompression and neurolysis

Oral Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-44

  Robinson, P P ^a   Yates, J M ^a   Smith, K G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inferior alveolar nerve; Nerve decompression; Nerve injury; Nerve repair; Neurolysis; Sensory testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349323123     PISSN: 17522471     EISSN: 1752248X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-248X.2007.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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