Microstructural and ultrastructural assessment of inferior alveolar nerve damage following nerve lateralization and implant placement: An experimental study in rabbits

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 859-865

  Yoshimoto, Marcelo ^a,b   Watanabe, Il Sei ^c   Martins, Marília T ^c   Salles, Marcos B ^b   Ten Eyck, Gary R ^d   Coelho, Paulo G ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CAMILO CASTELO BRANCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental implants; Inferior alveolar nerve lateralization; Light microscopy; Nerve regeneration; Titanium; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; INJURY; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; METHODOLOGY; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROSURGERY; NONMYELINATED NERVE; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; TIME; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANIMALS; AXONS; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; FEMALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OSTEOTOMY; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77649202569     PISSN: 08822786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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