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Surgical Management of Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injuries

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Trigeminal Nerve Injuries

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Injuries to the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) occur from multiple causes including trauma, tumor (benign and malignant) involvement or surgery, and iatrogenic causes including orthognathic surgery (usually the sagittal split osteotomy), implant-related procedures in the posterior mandible, as well as dentoalveolar surgery including third molar removal [1]. Less common causes include root canal treatment in the posterior mandible and as a result of an IAN block-type injection [1–3].

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  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, Room C – 522, 521 Parnassus Avenue, 0440, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0440, USA

    M. Anthony Pogrel DDS, MD, FRCS, FACS

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    Michael Miloro

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Pogrel, M.A. (2013). Surgical Management of Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injuries. In: Miloro, M. (eds) Trigeminal Nerve Injuries. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35539-4_14

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