Volume 18, Number 2, June 2006
| | Retraction of the Inferior Alveolar Nerve during Implant Insertion Using the Rubber Piston of a Dental Anaesthetic Cartridge |
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Hamid Mahmood Hashemi
Dental Faculty, Tehran Medical Sciences University , Tehran , Iran
Abstract
Lateralisation of the inferior alveolar nerve prior to implant insertion is occasionally required to avoid the implant impinging on the mandibular canal. A practical technique for this procedure is described.
Key words: Mandible, Prostheses and implants, Syringes
Asian J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2006;18:134-5.
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