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The document discusses trigeminal nerve injuries caused by dental procedures and focuses on identifying mechanisms of injury, prevalence, preoperative evaluation strategies to minimize risk, and management options. It indicates that third molar removal poses the highest risk of injuring the inferior alveolar nerve or lingual nerve, occurring in 0.4% to 22% of cases, and outlines factors like patient age, impaction type, and surgical difficulty that affect injury risk.

Author

Jean Carlos Barbosa Ferreira

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EN