Panoramic Radiography Does Not Accurately Predict Inferior Alveolar Nerve Dysesthesia or Sensory Deficit Following Mandibular Third Molar Extraction
Article Title and Bibliographic Information
Sensitivity and specificity of pantomography to predict inferior alveolar nerve damage during extraction of impacted lower third molars. Gomes AC, Vasconcelos BC, Silva ED, Caldas Ade F Jr, Pita Neto IC. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2008;66(2):256-9.
Reviewer
S. Thomas Deahl II, DMD PhD
Purpose/Question
Does panoramic radiographic evidence of close proximity of impacted mandibular third molar roots to the inferior alveolar canal predict postextraction inferior alveolar nerve sensory deficit or dysesthesia?
The Institute for Natural Resources and Biomed General Corporation, Concord, CA, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
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