Dental CE Course: Being a Little Less Nervous About the Inferior Dental Nerve

The increasing awareness of individuals to their dental needs has resulted in replacement of posterior teeth with dental implants and a likelihood that lowers third molars may require removal. This gives rise to the potential for inferior dental (alveolar) nerve damage and the consequences may be quite devastating to the patient who has undergone an elective procedure. This discussion will focus on the use of improved radiographic imaging to substantially reduce such risk to the inferior dental nerve thereby keeping a smile on your patient's face and permitting a relaxing night's sleep for you, the clinician.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Risk managing the patient
The use of OPG and reformatted CT scans to assess the relationship of the mandibular teeth to the mandibular canal
Can you manage the patient or does the patient warrant referral following your assessment?