1. An Ancient Science to Improve Today’s Clinical Practice: Oral Surgery Meets Human Anatomy
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Michele Covelli, Roberto Pistilli, Maryia Karaban, Pietro Felice, Alessandra Ruggeri, Carlo Barausse, Lorenzo Bonifazi, Pistilli R., Bonifazi L., Barausse C., Ruggeri A., Covelli M., Karaban M., and Felice P.
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Human anatomy, dissection, lingual nerve, nerve to the mylohyoid, local anesthesia, oral surgery ,Mandibular symphysis ,Oral Surgeon ,Symphysis ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Mandibular Nerve ,Oral Surgical Procedures ,Lingual Nerve ,Mandible ,Inferior alveolar nerve ,medicine ,Humans ,Local anesthesia ,Lingual nerve ,business.industry ,General surgery ,Brief Report ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,nerve to the mylohyoid ,Surgery, Oral ,Dissection ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,dissection ,Human anatomy ,human anatomy ,Medicine ,business ,local anesthesia ,oral surgery - Abstract
Human body dissection was a ubiquitous practice in the past, to better understand anatomy and to develop medicine. Today, its role could still be important to answer everyday clinical queries and help surgeons. The example of the possible lack of anesthesia during symphysis surgeries can emphasize the usefulness of dissection. The mandibular symphysis usually receives innervation from inferior alveolar nerve terminations, but, in some rare cases, a particular anastomosis involves the lingual nerve and the nerve to the mylohyoid. The anatomical knowledge resulting from body dissections could help oral surgeons to understand the reason why the patient could feel pain during the surgery, and ensure performance of the right lingual nerve block to obtain complete anesthesia. This clinical situation shows the educational role of an ancient, yet still valid, practice, human dissection, and the importance of anatomical studies to improve surgical skills, to provide better treatment for the patient.
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- 2021