Journal Reviews

Piezoelectric saw reducing sensory disturbance in mandibular osteotomies

5 July 2022 | | Head and Neck | inferior alveolar nerve, mandibular osteotomy, orthognathic surgery, piezosurgery, sagittal split ramus osteotomy

This paper from Seattle in the United States looked at 20 patients with a mean age of 19.9 +/- 3.2 years with a fairly standard surgical movement. They found that functional sensory recovery of the inferior alveolar nerve resulted in...