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(redirected from Alveolar nerve)

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Most people opting for cosmetic dentistry are happy with a local anesthesia, which blocks pain transmission by the alveolar nerves by a needle usually inserted behind the back molar.
In wisdom tooth surgery, the local anesthetic is given in the form of a nerve block called the inferior alveolar nerve block and a long buccal infiltration may also be given.
A series of holes parallel to the external corticotomy was made in the internal cortical layer to weaken it, as care was taken to avoid the inferior alveolar nerve.
 
 
 
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