IJAR.2024.245
Type of Article: Case Series
Volume 13; Issue 1 (March 2025)
Page No.: 9114-9117
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2024.245
Variations of Inferior Alveolar Nerve: A Case Series
Soniya Arunkumar Gupta *1, Tanya Agarwal 2.
*1 Professor, Department of Anatomy, Santosh Medical College, Ghaziabad (Delhi- NCR), India.
2 Professor, Department of Anatomy, Graphic Era Medical College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Corresponding Author: Dr Soniya Arunkumar Gupta, Professor, Department of Anatomy, Santosh Medical College, Ghaziabad (Delhi- NCR), India. E-Mail: gupta.soniya546@gmail.com
ABSTRACT:
Background: Inferior alveolar nerve block is mostly given during dental procedures. Inferior alveolar Nerve is the branch of posterior division of Mandibular Nerve.
Method: A Cadaveric case study was performed in the dissection Hall of the anatomy department in 10 cadavers. Two unusual findings in infratemporal regions of two cadavers were observed unilaterally.
Result & Discussion: The Inferior alveolar nerve was found to arise from dual roots, which joined after a certain distance to split again. In another case, it was communicating with other branches of mandibular nerve. Knowledge of such unusual observations are important for maxillofacial surgeons, dentists & Radiologists.
Keywords: Inferior Alveolar Nerve, Mandibular Nerve, Nerve Compression Syndromes.
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