Morphological study of nerve running in the mental foramen for prevention of pulling out injury at fixture implantation

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20592305
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Dental engineering/Regenerative dentistry
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: TAMATSU Yuichi Kagoshima University, 医歯学総合研究科, 准教授 (80266569)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NISHIHARA Kazuhide 鹿児島大学, 医学部・歯学部附属病院 (30253892)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Keywords: 歯科インプラント学 / 下顎骨 / 下歯槽神経

Research Abstract

The adult mandibular bone obtained from cadaver who was prepared for the anatomy education was decalcified. The nerves running in the mental foramen was observed. The main trunk of inferior alveolar nerve was looped to posterior and exit bone as mental nerve. Incisor branch was derived from that at the loop and run forward to anterior region. The branch is the diameter of 1mm or more, but it is not clear on the X-ray photograph. So it should be careful when an artificial dental root is implanted.