"Mandibular Nerve" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A branch of the trigeminal (5th cranial) nerve. The mandibular nerve carries motor fibers to the muscles of mastication and sensory fibers to the teeth and gingivae, the face in the region of the mandible, and parts of the dura.
| Descriptor ID |
D008340
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.120.760.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Mandibular Nerve- Mandibular Nerve
- Mandibular Nerves
- Nerve, Mandibular
- Nerves, Mandibular
Alveolar Nerve, Inferior- Alveolar Nerve, Inferior
- Alveolar Nerves, Inferior
- Inferior Alveolar Nerve
- Inferior Alveolar Nerves
- Nerve, Inferior Alveolar
- Nerves, Inferior Alveolar
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mandibular Nerve" by people in Profiles.
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Sensory Outcomes for Inferior Alveolar Nerve Reconstruction with Allograft following Free Fibula Mandible Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023 09 01; 152(3):499e-506e.
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Mandibular nerve schwannoma resection using sagittal split ramus osteotomy. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2013 Nov; 71(11):1861-72.
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Bilateral mental nerve neuropathy in an adolescent during sickle cell crises. J Child Neurol. 2012 Aug; 27(8):1038-41.
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A unique case of a sublingual-space schwannoma arising from the mylohyoid nerve. Ear Nose Throat J. 2010 Jul; 89(7):E31-3.