or
Search Language
Browse
Medical Illustrations
Medical Exhibits
Most Recent Uploads
Body Systems/Regions
Anatomy & Physiology
Diseases & Conditions
Diagnostics & Surgery
Cells & Tissues
Cardiovascular System
Digestive System
Integumentary System
Nervous System
Reproductive System
Respiratory System
Back and Spine
Foot and Ankle
Head and Neck
Hip
Knee
Shoulder
Thorax
Medical Specialties
Cancer
Cardiology
Dentistry
Editorial
Neurology/Neurosurgery
Ob/Gyn
Orthopedics
Pediatrics
Account
Administrator Login

Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury from Dental Drill - Medical Illustration, Human Anatomy Drawing

 

Need Additional Information?

Item #exh4816 — Source #1349

Order by phone: (908) 687-7205

Order by email: hernan@evidencestore.com

Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury from Dental Drill - Medical Illustration, Human Anatomy Drawing
Inferior Alveloar Nerve Injury from Dental Drill
"The decision to use an endosseous dental implant must be based on a careful examination of a carefully-selected patient. Just as systemic disease may make an endosseous implant a less than successful procedure, so too may local factors, such as the amount of available bone into which the implant must be placed.

Most implant manufacturers provide transparent acetate templates with graduated and calibrated markings so that precise measurements of available bone can be made by laying the template over the properly exposed x-ray.  The template incorporates the x-ray's distortion factor so that an accurate working length of implant can be selected.  This must be so because there must be several millimeters of untouched bone beneath the implant and the subjacent inferior alveolar nerve.

Measuring directly from an x-ray with a millimeter ruler results in a dentist thinking he has 15 mm. between the crest of the bone and the nerve and accordingly he places a 13 or 14 mm. implant.  The x-ray is distorted as much as 20% and there must be a few millimeters between the nerve and the implant: a proper measurement will often result in a much shorter implant which is far enough from a vital structure so that permanent injury does not occur."

Kenneth Liroff, M.D., J.D.
President
Dentalaw.com

YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO REVIEW THESE ITEMS:
Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury From Dental Drill / Implant
Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury From Dental Drill / Implant - exh57086
Medical Exhibit
Add to my lightbox
Find More Like This
Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury From Dental Drill / Implant
Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury From Dental Drill / Implant - exh57086-nl
Medical Exhibit
Add to my lightbox
Find More Like This
Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury From Dental Drill / Implant
Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury From Dental Drill / Implant - exh76189
Medical Exhibit
Add to my lightbox
Find More Like This
Inferior Alveolar nerve Injury from Dental Drill/Implant
Inferior Alveolar nerve Injury from Dental Drill/Implant - exh54358
Medical Exhibit
Add to my lightbox
Find More Like This
Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury From Dental Drill/Implant
Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury From Dental Drill/Implant - exh63041b
Medical Exhibit
Add to my lightbox
Find More Like This
Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury
Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury - exh77034b
Medical Exhibit
Add to my lightbox
Find More Like This