Surgical management of the mandibular branch of the facial nerve is important during excision of the mandibular triangle components. In general, there are two surgical approaches to preserve the nerve; the identified method and the non-identified method. We studied 45 patients who underwent excision of mandibular triangle components without malignancies. We used the non-identified method for all cases in this study. Facial paralysis occurred in 4 cases (8.9%) of pleomorphic adenoma, sialolithiasis, chronic inflammation and cyst, respectively. All paralyses were temporary. The non-identified method is likely to be more effective than the other method.
