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Surgical approaches to repositioning of the inferior alveolar nerve for placement of osseointegrated implants. 1994

J D Ruskin

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Severe resorption of the posterior mandible poses one of the most difficult restorative challenges to the implant surgeon today. Although bone augmentation procedures may increase the amount of bone in which to place implants, these procedures are costly and have an increased risk of complications to the patient. With the proper evaluation, treatment planning, and attention to technical detail, nerve repositioning appears to offer an excellent alternative to augmentation procedures for placement of dental implants.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007576	Jaw, Edentulous, Partially	Absence of teeth from a portion of the mandible and/or maxilla.
D008336	Mandibular Diseases	Diseases involving the MANDIBLE.	Disease, Mandibular,Diseases, Mandibular,Mandibular Disease
D008340	Mandibular Nerve	A branch of the trigeminal (5th cranial) nerve. The mandibular nerve carries motor fibers to the muscles of mastication and sensory fibers to the teeth and gingivae, the face in the region of the mandible, and parts of the dura.	Alveolar Nerve, Inferior,Auriculotemporal Nerve,Buccal Nerve,Deep Temporal Nerve,Lateral Pterygoid Nerve,Masseteric Nerve,Mental Nerve,Mylohyoid Nerve,Auriculotemporal Nerves,Buccal Nerves,Deep Temporal Nerves,Inferior Alveolar Nerve,Inferior Alveolar Nerves,Lateral Pterygoid Nerves,Mandibular Nerves,Masseteric Nerves,Mental Nerves,Mylohyoid Nerves,Nerve, Auriculotemporal,Nerve, Buccal,Nerve, Deep Temporal,Nerve, Inferior Alveolar,Nerve, Lateral Pterygoid,Nerve, Mandibular,Nerve, Masseteric,Nerve, Mental,Nerve, Mylohyoid,Pterygoid Nerve, Lateral,Pterygoid Nerves, Lateral,Temporal Nerve, Deep,Temporal Nerves, Deep
D003758	Dental Implantation, Endosseous	Insertion of an implant into the bone of the mandible or maxilla. The implant has an exposed head which protrudes through the mucosa and is a prosthodontic abutment.	Dental Implantation, Osseointegrated,Endosseous Dental Implant Therapy,Endosseous Implantation,Osseointegrated Dental Implantation,Endosseous Dental Implantation,Implantation, Endosseous,Implantation, Endosseous Dental,Implantation, Osseointegrated Dental
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016301	Alveolar Bone Loss	Resorption or wasting of the tooth-supporting bone (ALVEOLAR PROCESS) in the MAXILLA or MANDIBLE.	Alveolar Resorption,Bone Loss, Alveolar,Bone Loss, Periodontal,Periodontal Bone Loss,Periodontal Resorption,Alveolar Bone Atrophy,Alveolar Process Atrophy,Alveolar Bone Atrophies,Alveolar Bone Losses,Alveolar Process Atrophies,Alveolar Resorptions,Bone Atrophies, Alveolar,Bone Atrophy, Alveolar,Bone Losses, Periodontal,Periodontal Bone Losses,Periodontal Resorptions,Resorption, Alveolar,Resorption, Periodontal,Resorptions, Alveolar