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Trigeminal nerve injuries significantly impact patient quality of life, both physically and emotionally. Simple everyday activities like eating, drinking or brushing teeth can become a challenge.

Even worse, studies show these nerve injuries can lead to increased social anxiety, difficulty managing emotions and clinical depression. In fact, patients with persistent neurosensory disturbances after inferior alveolar or lingual nerve damage consistently report reduced quality of life related to their injuries.*

Despite using the best care and most advanced techniques, nerve injuries happen. Often the patients recover, but some may have varying degrees of permanent sensory impairment. Fortunately, there are surgical solutions available to repair these injuries. If you are ready to bring these surgical solutions into your practice, email OMS@axogeninc.com or find your nearest specialist.

You want the best possible outcome for your patients, and so do we. Nerve reconstruction is a vital part of that. Nerve repair helps restore function after damage due to trauma, neuroma formation, scar tissue formation or foreign debris.

Studies have shown a high rate of success for trigeminal nerve microsurgery, especially when the nerve is repaired in 90 days or less from the date of injury.** When it comes to nerve injuries, early intervention is key.***

"Probably the best moment was when I felt the tingle 3 months after the surgery. Then as it started to come back more and more, I was like, “I feel my tongue again!”

- Madie, Axogen patient

Inferior alveolar nerve repair via buccal decortication access

When to refer a patient with a nerve injury to a specialist

Shahrokh C Bagheri, Roger A Meyer 

Reconstructive Options for Inferior Alveolar and Lingual Nerve Injuries After Dental and Oral Surgery

Ivica Ducic, Joshua Yoon

Sensory outcomes after reconstruction of lingual and inferior alveolar nerve discontinuities using processed nerve allograft—a case series

John R. Zuniga 

Trigeminal neurosensory deficit and patient reported outcome measures: the effect on quality of life

Yiu Yan Leung, Colman McGrath, Lim Kwong Cheung

Quality of life following injury to the inferior dental or lingual nerve—a cross‐sectional mixed‐methods study

N. Patel, S. Ali, J.M. Yates 

How to Manage Trigeminal Nerve Injuries in Dentistry

Vincent B. Ziccardi 

Clinical evaluation of peripheral trigeminal nerve injuries

Roger A Meyer, Shahrokh C Bagheri

The 90-Day Window: Trigeminal Nerve Injuries and the Importance of Prompt Referral

Daniel Petrisor

REFERENCES

*Leung YY, et al. Trigeminal neurosensory deficit and patient reported outcome measures: the effect on quality of life. PLoS One. 2013;8(10):e77391.

*Cakir M, et al. Effects of inferior alveolar nerve neurosensory deficits on quality of life. Niger J Clin Pract. 2018;21:206-2011.

*Patel N, et al. Quality of life following injury to the inferior dental or lingual nerve—a cross-sectional mixed-methods study. Oral Surg. 2018;11:9-16.

*Pogrel A, et al. Long-term outcome of trigeminal nerve injuries. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2011;69(9):2284-2288. 

**Zuniga JR. Sensory outcomes after reconstruction of lingual and inferior alveolar nerve discontinuities using processed nerve allograft—a case series. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2015;73(4):734-744 

***Ducic I, et al. Reconstructive options for inferior alveolar and lingual nerve injuries after dental and oral surgery: an evidence-based review. Ann Plast Surg. 2019;82(6):653-660.

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