title: Conservative surgical and microsurgical techniques for the management of dental implants that impinge on the inferior alveolar nerve.
abstract: Loss of sensation in the lip after insertion of an implant is annoying. The aim of this paper was to describe two techniques for management of osseointegrated dental implants that impinge on the mandibular nerve, the purpose of which is to improve sensation without unscrewing the dental implant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gennaro
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Siena, Siena, Italy. Electronic address: goez@libero.it.
authors.forename: Glauco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chisci
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gabriele
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iannetti
mesh_terms: D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D015921:Dental Implants; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000601:surgery*; D008046:Lip / Q000294:innervation; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008340:Mandibular Nerve / Q000601:surgery*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000601:surgery; D016067:Nerve Transfer / Q000379:methods; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants
keywords: Cross-face; Dental implant; Evoked potential; Implant; Implant removal; Inferior alveolar nerve; Lateralisation; Mandibular canal; Mandibular nerve; Mental nerve; Microsurgery; Neurorraphy; Numbness; Paraesthesia; Standardised neurosensory test; Transposition