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Injury of the Inferior Alveolar Nerve during Implant Placement 

COURSE DIRECTOR

Gintaras Juodzbalys, DDS, PhD, Professor, Kaunas University of Medicine, Juodzbalys Dental implant Institute and Dental Implant Clinic “Stilus Optimus” Kaunas/Lithuania 

 SPEAKERS

Dr. Gintaras Juodzbalys

Course Summary 

This one-day course will review etiological factors, mechanism, clinical symptoms, and diagnostic methods as well as created by author treatment guidelines for the management inferior alveolar nerve injury during dental implant placement. It is designed specifically for the dentist practising implant dentistry, because he or she should recognise and exclude aetiological factors leading to nerve injury into his or her clinical practice. Proper pre-surgery planning, timely diagnosis and treatment are the key to avoid nerve sensory disturbances management. The course involves a combination of lectures and hands-on workshops. Upon completion of this course, you will be familiar with the risk factors, etiological factors leading to inferior alveolar nerve injury. You will receive guidelines which will illustrate the methods used to prevent and manage inferior alveolar nerve injury before or after dental implant placement. The course is approved by Lithuanian Dental Chamber. CE Credit – 8 hours.

TOPICS

1. Anatomy of Mandibular Vital Structures

A. Anatomy of the mandibular canal   

B. Inferior alveolar neurovascular bundle

C. Mandibular incisive canal

D. Mandibular incisive nerve

E. Mental foramen

F. Mental nerve and anterior loop of the mental nerve

2. Guidelines for the Identification of the Mandibular Vital Structures

A. Clinical and radiological evaluation of the mandibular anatomy for implantation

B. Peculiarities of mandibular canal clinical anatomy

C. Radiological detection of mandibular canal

D. Peculiarities of mental foramen clinical anatomy

E. Radiological mental foramen detection

F. Peculiarities of anterior loop of mental nerve clinical anatomy

G. Peculiarities of mandibular incisive canal clinical anatomy

H. Radiological mandibular incisive canal detection

3. Related risk factors

A. General risk factors

B. Intraoperative risk factors

C. Postoperative risk factors

4. Traumatic inferior alveolar nerve injury

A. Etiological factors of traumatic inferior alveolar nerve injury

B. Inferior alveolar nerve injury during traumatic local anaesthesia injection

C. Inferior alveolar nerve injury by implant drill

D. Inferior alveolar nerve injury by dental implant

C. Inferior alveolar nerve injury using wrong operation technique

E. Classifications of inferior alveolar nerve injury

F. Clinical symptoms in case of inferior alveolar nerve injury

G. Methods for function assessment of the inferior alveolar nerve

5. Guidelines for patient with dental implant placement in mandible and IAN injury management

A. Process stages: operation planning, risk factors identification, diagnostics, treatment

B. Psychological treatment

C. Physiological treatment

D. Medicament treatment

C. Cryotherapy

E. Additional treatment

F. Microneurosurgical treatment

LANGUAGE (one-in-three)

English

Russian

Lithuanian

Audience: dentists who want to expand their knowledge related with iatrogenic inferior alveolar nerve injury in dental implantology.

LIMIT ATENDANCE: 10

TUITION

The cost of the one day is 600,-EUR, fully inclusive of materials, lunch and refreshments.

Course VENUE

STILUS OPTIMUS
Dental Implant Clinic

Vytauto pr. 85-3,

LT 44238 Kaunas, Lietuva

Phone/Fax +370 37 323153

GSM +37069956540

E-mail: gintaras@stilusoptimus.lt

http://www.stilusoptimus.lt 

Continuing Educations Credits
This course has been approved for 8 hours of continuing education credit by the Lithuanian Dental Chamber

COURSE ACCOMMODATTION

The STILUS OPTIMUS Dental Implantation Clinic is located in the heart of midtown Kaunas City. Hotel information will be provided after registration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Please contact:

Phone/Fax +370 37 323153

GSM +37069956540

E-mail: gintaras@stilusoptimus.

GINTARAS JUODZBALYS Continuum Course: Get a Competence in Implant Dentistry

STILUS OPTIMUS Dantų implantacijos klinika, Vytauto pr. 85-3, LT 44238 Kaunas, Lietuva

Tel/Faks +370 37 323153, GSM +37069956540, E-paštas: gintaras@stilusoptimus.lt  http://www.stilusoptimus.lt