title: Long term follow-up in inferior alveolar nerve transposition: our experience.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Inferior alveolar nerve transposition (IANT) is a surgical technique used in implantoprosthetic rehabilitation of the atrophic lower jaw which has not been well embraced because of the high risk of damage to the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN). There are cases in which this method is essential to obtain good morphologic and functional rebalancing of the jaw. In this paper, the authors present their experience with IANT, analyzing the various situations in which IANT is the only surgical preprosthetic option.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between 2003 and 2011, 35 patients underwent surgical IANT at our center. Thermal and physical sensitivity were evaluated in each patient during follow-up. The follow-up ranged from 14 to 101 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on our experience, absolute indications of IANT are as follows: (1) class IV, V, or VI of Cawood and Howell with extrusion of the antagonist tooth and reduced prosthetic free space; (2) class V or VI of Cawood and Howell with presence of interforaminal teeth; (3) class V or VI of Cawood and Howell if patient desires fast implantoprosthetic rehabilitation with predictable outcomes; (4) class VI of Cawood and Howell when mandibular height increase with inlay grafts is advisable.
authors.affiliation: Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Giuseppe Moscati 31, 00168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giulio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gasparini
authors.affiliation: Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Giuseppe Moscati 31, 00168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boniello
authors.affiliation: Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Giuseppe Moscati 31, 00168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianmarco
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-9760-2419
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saponaro
authors.affiliation: Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Giuseppe Moscati 31, 00168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Tito Matteo
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Marianetti
authors.affiliation: Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Giuseppe Moscati 31, 00168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Foresta
authors.affiliation: Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Giuseppe Moscati 31, 00168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Torroni
authors.affiliation: Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Giuseppe Moscati 31, 00168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuliana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.affiliation: Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Giuseppe Moscati 31, 00168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Camillo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Azzuni
authors.affiliation: Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Giuseppe Moscati 31, 00168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0079-6884
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cervelli
authors.affiliation: Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Giuseppe Moscati 31, 00168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pelo
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000294:innervation* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008340:Mandibular Nerve / Q000601:surgery*