Injuries to the inferior alveolar nerve in practices of minor oral surgery

Abstract

The trigeminal nerve is one of the most important pairs of cranial nerves in dentistry, and it is indispensable to the dental surgeon to study in an in-depth way, essentially for its capacity of innervation of various structures of the oral cavity and face, such as: teeth, mucosa, muscles, skin and deep facial structures it divides into three large branches and the largest of them is the mandibular nerve.1–3