Purpose: The present study aimed to evaluate which factors were statistically associated with a greater probability of inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) damage during lower third molar surgery. Methods: A prospective observational study was performed at the Oral Surgery Unit of the Umberto I Hospital on 92 patients who underwent surgical extraction of a lower third molar that was radiographically overlapped with the mandibular canal. All surgeries were performed by the same expert surgeon. A principal component analysis and the exact 2-tailed Fisher exact test were used. Results: Temporary IAN damage occurred in 10 cases (10.9%). Symptoms lasted from 18 to 180 days (73 ± 49.15). IAN damage was more frequent in difficult and long-lasting surgeries, in the presence of many risk factors and in patients with a reduced maximum mouth opening. Conclusion: Such factors should be accurately evaluated before surgery to assess and discuss the overall surgical risk of IAN damage with the patient especially when they are over the maximum limit of their significant variability range found in the present study, that is, >12 for difficulty index, >2 for number of orthopantomography risk markers and <3.7 cm for maximum mouth opening.
A prospective observational study on the variables affecting the risk of inferior alveolar nerve damage during lower third molar surgery with nerve/root proximity / Pippi, R.; De Luca, S.; Pietrantoni, A.. - In: JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY. - ISSN 0278-2391. - 80:1(2022), pp. 13-21. [10.1016/j.joms.2021.08.162]
A prospective observational study on the variables affecting the risk of inferior alveolar nerve damage during lower third molar surgery with nerve/root proximity
Pippi R.
Primo
;Pietrantoni A.Ultimo
2022
Abstract
Purpose: The present study aimed to evaluate which factors were statistically associated with a greater probability of inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) damage during lower third molar surgery. Methods: A prospective observational study was performed at the Oral Surgery Unit of the Umberto I Hospital on 92 patients who underwent surgical extraction of a lower third molar that was radiographically overlapped with the mandibular canal. All surgeries were performed by the same expert surgeon. A principal component analysis and the exact 2-tailed Fisher exact test were used. Results: Temporary IAN damage occurred in 10 cases (10.9%). Symptoms lasted from 18 to 180 days (73 ± 49.15). IAN damage was more frequent in difficult and long-lasting surgeries, in the presence of many risk factors and in patients with a reduced maximum mouth opening. Conclusion: Such factors should be accurately evaluated before surgery to assess and discuss the overall surgical risk of IAN damage with the patient especially when they are over the maximum limit of their significant variability range found in the present study, that is, >12 for difficulty index, >2 for number of orthopantomography risk markers and <3.7 cm for maximum mouth opening.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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