5 Cases of Alveolar Nerve Repositioning for Implants

Abstract

5patients (8 implants) with edentulous or unilateral or bilateral free-end saddles in the mandible were treated with the use of fixed prostheses despite having severe alveolar atrophy that exposed the neurovascular bundle at the crest of the residual alveolus. The 1 implant area of I patient has remained postoperative paresthesia. The other implants, sensory function returned to normal with in 3 months.