ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Mandibular Third Molar Surgery: Intraosseous Localization of the Inferior Alveolar Nerve Using 3D Double-Echo Steady-State MRI (3D-DESS).
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- Can magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reduce lingual nerve injuries during mandibular third molar surgery? A scoping review.BMC oral health · 2025Article
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- Imaging in Third Molar Surgery: A Clinical Update.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Imaging of Facial Nerve With 3D-DESS-WE-MRI Before Parotidectomy: Impact on Surgical Outcomes.Korean journal of radiology · 2023Article
- Dental MRI-only a future vision or standard of care? A literature review on current indications and applications of MRI in dentistry.Dento maxillo facial radiology · 2023Review
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- An Update on Advanced Diagnostic Imaging in Dentistry.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Visualization of Inferior Alveolar and Lingual Nerve Pathology by 3D Double-Echo Steady-State MRI: Two Case Reports with Literature Review.Journal of imaging · 2022Review
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Cystic Lesions Using a Pre-Programmed Low-Dose and Standard-Dose Dental Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Protocol: An Ex Vivo Comparison Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Comparison of Preoperative Cone-Beam Computed Tomography and 3D-Double Echo Steady-State MRI in Third Molar Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Visualization of the Inferior Alveolar Nerve and Lingual Nerve Using MRI in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: A Systematic Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the inferior alveolar nerve's (IAN) intraosseous position within the inferior alveolar canal (IAC) using a 3D double-echo steady-state MRI sequence (3D-DESS). The IAN position was prospectively evaluated in 19 patients undergoing mandibular third molar (MTM) surgery. In the coronal reference layer, the IAC was divided into six segments. These segments were checked for the presence of hyperintense tubular MRI signals representing the IAN's nervous tissue and assessed as visible/non-visible. Furthermore, the IAN in MRI and the IAC in MRI and CBCT were segmented at the third and second molar, determining the maximum diameter in all planes and a conversion factor between the imaging modalities. Regardless of the positional relationship at the third and second molar, the IAN showed the highest localization probability in the central segments (segment 2: 97.4% vs. 94.4%, segment 5: 100% vs. 91.6%). The conversion factors from IAC in CBCT and MRI to IAN in MRI, respectively, were the following: axial (2.04 ± 1.95, 2.37 ± 2.41), sagittal (1.86 ± 0.96, 1.76 ± 0.74), and coronal (1.26 ± 0.39, 1.37 ± 0.25). This radiation-free imaging modality, demonstrating good feasibility of accurate visualization of nervous tissue within the nerve canal's osseous boundaries, may benefit preoperative assessment before complex surgical procedures are performed near the IAC.
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