Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Oct 2010
Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury in Implant Dentistry: Diagnosis, Causes, Prevention, and Management
Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury in Implant Dentistry: Diagnosis, Causes, Prevention, and Management
BDS and
BDS, MS
Page Range: 401 – 407
Inferior alveolar nerve injury is one of the most serious complications in implant dentistry. This nerve injury can occur during local anesthesia, implant osteotomy, or implant placement. Proper understanding of anatomy, surgical procedures, and implant systems and proper treatment planning is the key to reducing such an unpleasant complication. This review discusses the causes of inferior alveolar nerve injury and its diagnosis, prevention, and management.Abstract
Copyright: by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2010
Contributor Notes
*Corresponding author, e-mail: asalghamdi2@kau.edu.sa