title: Differences in the axonal compositions of the human mandibular nerve between dentulous and edentulous jaws.
abstract: We examined the human mandibular nerve to find differences in the composition of nerve fiber axons between dentulous and edentulous jaws Using Goto's modification of Masson-Goldner's method. We discovered that the edentulous jaw did not contain any large size axons, compared with the dentulous jaw. This can be considered as evidence that the larger fibers innervating the periodontal ligament decreased degenerated after tooth loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ezure
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hagiwara
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001369:Axons; D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000294:innervation / Q000473:pathology; D008340:Mandibular Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016388:Tooth Loss