Does 3-dimensional imaging of theÂ third molar reduce the risk of experiencing inferior alveolar nerve injury owing to extraction?

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5639399	The Journal of the American Dental Association	2017	9 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Although having preoperative CT images might be useful for clinicians in terms of diagnosing and extracting mandibular third molars, having these CT images does not reduce patients' risk of experiencing IAN injuries nor does it affect their prognosis.

Keywords

RCT 3-dimensional Randomized controlled trial IAN Computed tomographic computed tomography Panoramic radiography Alveolar nerve inferior alveolar nerve Mandibular nerve Third molar Mandibular third molar mandibular canal not reported

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Health Sciences Medicine and Dentistry Dentistry, Oral Surgery and Medicine

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Does 3-dimensional imaging of theÂ third molar reduce the risk of experiencing inferior alveolar nerve injury owing to extraction?

Authors

AdriÃ DDS, Alba DDS, MS, Octavi DDS, MS, Cosme MD, DDS, MS, PhD, EBOS, OMFS, Rui DDS, MS, PhD, Eduard DDS, MS, PhD, EBOS,