The management of broken dental needles during inferior alveolar nerve block procedures remains a critical yet infrequent complication in dental practice. This condition arises primarily due to ...

Nerve repositioning may be needed for inferior alveolar nerve runs through the lower jaw before placing dental implant. This nerve gives sensation to the lower lip and chin. If there is significant ...

Dentists may inadvertently destroy incipient third molars when they administer alveolar nerve blocks in young children, a new study shows. Jerry Swee, MS, DMD, a clinical instructor from the ...

Numb lips, a bitten cheek, slurred words. For years dentists haven't had much choice about causing such temporary discomforts with a nerve block in patients needing mandibular procedures. But recent ...

AIM: This article is a narrative review of inferior alveolar nerve transposition for the placement of dental implants in severely atrophied mandibles. METHODS: Clinical reports on dental implants from ...

A coronectomy is a dental procedure that’s done in certain situations as an alternative to having a wisdom tooth extraction. A coronectomy can be done when a dentist feels there’s an increased risk of ...

During dental treatment, such as wisdom tooth removal, it’s possible that either of the nerves that make up the trigeminal nerve, the lingual and the inferior alveolar, can become damaged. The lingual ...