Nerve Injuries from Mandibular Third Molar Removal

Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-78

  Meyer, Roger A ^a   Bagheri, Shahrokh C ^b,c,d,e  

^a Maxillofacial Consultations Ltd   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

^c NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

BIOPSY; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INJECTION; INJURY; LINGUAL NERVE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MICROSURGERY; MOLAR TOOTH; NEUROSURGERY; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LINGUAL NERVE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MICROSURGERY; MOLAR, THIRD; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 79251490684     PISSN: 10613315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cxom.2010.11.009     Document Type: Review

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