Novel strategy to predict high risk of inferior alveolar nerve injury during extraction of lower third molar based on assessment of computed tomography images of multiple anatomical features

Preoperative assessment is essential to prevent inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) injury during surgical extraction of the lower third molar (LM3). Here, we aimed to establish an assessment system to predict IAN injury during surgical extraction of the LM3.

Source: The British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - October 5, 2021 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Danki Takatsuka, Hidetake Tachinami, Kei Tomihara, Younesi Jadidi Amirreza, Atsushi Ikeda, Shuichi Imaue, Kumiko Fujiwara, Tomoko Sonoda, Kenji Nakamori, Makoto Noguchi Source Type: research