RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH LINGUAL NERVE PARAESTHESIA IN RELATION TO MANDIBULAR THIRD MOLAR SURGERY: REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Dr. Jaspreet Singh Badwal*
ABSTRACT
Purpose: The aim of the present study was to identify and discuss risk factors associated with mandibular third molar surgery, that could help the surgeon to prevent or minimize the risk of lingual nerve injury in mandibular third molar extraction. Materials and Methods: An electronic search was conducted across the various databases such as PUBMED, SCOPUS, EMBASE. In addition, a search over the Google search engine was conducted to find related studies. The search terms used were were “lingual nerve injury”, lingual nerve and paraesthesia”, “lingual nerve and prevention”, “lingual nerve and anatomy”, “lingual nerve and third molar or wisdom tooth”, “lingual nerve and lingual flap”, “lingual nerve and lingual split”, “lingual nerve and mandibular block” and “lingual nerve and anaesthetics”. Results: A total of nine risk factors have been identified that are associated with lingual nerve injury or paraesthesia in relation to third molar surgery. Conclusion: Through this paper, any reader can easily comprehend the effect of each of the risk factors by relating to best evidence available, thus making it easy to apply the academic knowledge towards preventing lingual nerve injury.
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