Open AccessLingual Nerve Morbidity and Mandibular Third Molar Surgery: A Prospective Study
Author(s) -
Zaid H. Baqain,
Ashraf Abu Karaky,
Yazan Hassoneh,
Faleh Sawair
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
medical principles and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1423-0151
pISSN - 1011-7571
DOI - 10.1159/000252831
Subject(s) - medicine , lingual nerve , molar , prospective cohort study , dentistry , inferior alveolar nerve , surgery , orthodontics , tongue , pathology
The objective of this study was to estimate the frequency of postoperative lingual nerve (LN) impairment after the surgical removal of mandibular third molars (M3) and to identify potential risk indicators.
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