Relationship between age-related changes in mandibular third molar roots and the possibility of mental nerve paresthesia after tooth extraction

Mental nerve paresthesia is a serious postoperative complication of mandibular third molar extraction. It appears that no study has examined the relationship between the surface morphology of the mandibular third molar roots and the possibility of mental nerve paresthesia following tooth extraction. Therefore, the root morphology of the mandibular third molars was examined according to age using dental cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), and the possibility of mental nerve paresthesia following tooth extraction was evaluated.

Source: International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - January 9, 2024 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: H. Sakakura, Y. Hayashi, K. Sugimoto, A. Matsubara Tags: Clinical Paper Source Type: research