British dental journal
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British dental journal · May 1999
Comparative StudyFactors influencing nerve damage during lower third molar surgery.
To investigate relationships between pathology, eruption status, age, anaesthetic modality and nerve damage during lower third molar surgery. ⋯ Lingual and inferior alveolar nerve damage was five times more frequent when lower third molars were removed under general anaesthesia rather than local anaesthesia. This could not be explained in terms of surgical difficulty, pre-operative pathology, age or anatomical position.