title: Clinical prosection for dental gross anatomy: a medial approach to the pterygomandibular space.
abstract: This paper describes a prosection of the pterygomandibular space from a medial perspective, as the dentist would encounter it. The prosection is performed on a bisected head, with vertebrae removed. The preparation can be used to demonstrate to the student the exact course of a needle during an inferior alveolar nerve block. The anatomical structures involved in performing the conventional, Gow-Gates, or Akinosi injection techniques are directly compared. The impingement of a misplaced needle on neighboring structures can be demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr., College of Dental Medicine, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fierst
mesh_terms: D004210:Dissection / Q000379:methods*; D004497:Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections / Q000379:methods; D008334:Mandible / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010614:Pharynx / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D011626:Pterygoid Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014059:Tongue / Q000033:anatomy & histology