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ArticleHead & face medicine2010

Analysis of trigeminal nerve disorders after oral and maxillofacial intervention.

Sareh Said Yekta, Felix Koch, Maurice B Grosjean, Marcella Esteves-Oliveira, Jamal M Stein, Alireza Ghassemi, Dieter Riediger, Friedrich Lampert, Ralf Smeets

Open access · goldAbstract readControlled Clinical Trial
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Article in Head & face medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sareh Said YektaDepartment of Conservative Dentistry, Periodontology and Preventive Dentistry, Aachen University, Germany. ssaidyekta@izkf.rwth-aachen.de
Felix Koch
Maurice B Grosjean
Marcella Esteves-Oliveira
Jamal M Stein
Alireza Ghassemi
Dieter Riediger
Friedrich Lampert
Ralf Smeets
RWTH Aachen University · DEUniversity Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DEUniversity of Basel · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundQuantitative sensory testing (QST) is applied to evaluate somatosensory nerve fiber function in the spinal system. This study uses QST in patients with sensory dysfunctions after oral and maxillofacial surgery.

methodsOrofacial sensory functions were investigated by psychophysical means in 60 volunteers (30 patients with sensory disturbances and 30 control subjects) in innervation areas of the infraorbital, mental and lingual nerves. The patients were tested 1 week, 4 weeks, 7 weeks and 10 weeks following oral and maxillofacial surgery.

resultsQST monitored somatosensory deficits and recovery of trigeminal nerve functions in all patients. Significant differences (p < 0.05) between control group and patients were shown for cold, warm and mechanical detection thresholds and for cold, heat and mechanical pain thresholds. Additionally, QST monitored recovery of nerve functions in all patients.

conclusionQST can be applied for non-invasive assessment of sensory nerve function (Aβ-, Aδ- and C-fiber) in the orofacial region and is useful in the diagnosis of trigeminal nerve disorders in patients.

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Sensory ThresholdsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeurologic ExaminationOral Surgical ProceduresPain ThresholdRecovery of FunctionReproducibility of ResultsSomatosensory DisordersThermosensing

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PMID20977760
PMCPMC2984556
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