Oral Surg Oral Med O
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Oral Surg Oral Med O · Apr 2005
A light microscopical study on the structure of traumatic neuromas of the human lingual nerve.
To determine the morphologic characteristics of traumatic neuromas resulting from damage to the lingual nerve during the surgical removal of lower third molar teeth. ⋯ Damage to the lingual nerve during third molar removal results in marked changes to the fascicular pattern and sometimes the presence of chronic inflammation in the injured nerve. These changes could contribute to the altered electrophysiological properties of axons trapped within traumatic neuromas, but we found no significant differences between the specimens studied from patients with or without symptoms of dysesthesia.