Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5641685 | Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 2017 | 22 Pages |
Abstract
Results should be interpreted with extreme caution because of the considerable heterogeneity of the data and the considerable influence of several anatomic and surgical variables that were closely related, but difficult to analyze independently. It seems preferable to avoid lingual flap elevation, except in selected cases in which the presence of more than 1 unfavorable surgical variable predicts a high risk of nerve injury. Tooth sectioning could decrease the extent of the ostectomy or even, in some cases, prevent it, potentially acting as a protective factor against lingual nerve injury.
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Authors
Roberto MD, DDS, Andrea MD, DDS, Marcello DDS,