Is there a "safety zone" in the mandibular premolar region where damage to the mental nerve can be avoided if periapecal extrusion occurs?

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ngeow, Wei Cheong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; ENDODONTICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; PARESTHESIA; PREMOLAR TOOTH; TOOTH ROOT;

BICUSPID; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; PARESTHESIA; ROOT CANAL OBTURATION; TOOTH APEX;

EID: 77957687944     PISSN: 07098936     EISSN: 14882159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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