The Journal of the American Dental Association
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To achieve profound dental local anesthesia, it is necessary for the dentist to have a thorough knowledge of the details of sensory innervation to the maxilla and mandible. Since the early 1970s, dentistry has experienced a resurgence of interest in the neuroanatomical basis of local anesthesia, resulting in numerous scientific reports on the subject. ⋯ An understanding of the potential variations in innervation should help the dentist improve his or her ability to induce profound local anesthesia.
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Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial
Magnetic resonance imaging predictors of temporomandibular joint pain.
The authors conducted a study to evaluate whether temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, disorder subgroups are related to magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, diagnoses of TMJ internal derangement, or ID; osteoarthrosis, or OA; effusion; and bone marrow edema. ⋯ Therapy for subjects with TMJ based on the evaluation of concomitant morphological abnormalities, whether prophylactically or as treatment for TMJ disorders, may be unwarranted.