Skip to main content
2024 AAOMS 106th Annual Meeting Main banner
Icon Legend
This session is not in your schedule.
This session is in your schedule. Click again to remove it.
Presentation Icons
Ticketed <br><i>This session/event requires a ticket.</i>
Ticketed
This session/event requires a ticket.
In-person only<br><i>This session is offered in-person only.</i>
In-person only
This session is offered in-person only.
On-demand<br><i>On-demand session available beginning Sept. 9.</i>
On-demand
On-demand session available beginning Sept. 9.
Recorded<br><i>This session will be recorded and available beginning Sept. 30.</i>
Recorded
This session will be recorded and available beginning Sept. 30.
Sold Out<br><i>This ticketed session/event is sold out.</i>
Sold Out
This ticketed session/event is sold out.
2024 Oral Abstract Award
2024 Oral Abstract Award
Poster Icons
Poster Winner
Poster Winner
Back
Evaluation Video

Nerve Repair

OMS and Other Dental Specialists

SS10 - Avoiding Nerve Injury in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Saturday, September 14, 2024
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM EDT
Location: W224AB, Orange County Convention Center
CE: 1.0 CDE/CME
Recorded<br><i>This session will be recorded and available beginning Sept. 30.</i>
Nerve injuries in oral and maxillofacial surgery are not uncommon. Yet many institutions do not have a trigeminal or facial nerve repair specialist, so prevention of these nerve injuries is of the utmost importance. This session will address the complexity, etiology, epidemiology and psychosocial aspects of injury to the trigeminal or facial nerve in oral and maxillofacial surgery and provide an understanding of preoperative and intraoperative adjuncts and techniques to avoid injury to these nerves. Discussions will expand beyond nerve injury as a result of dentoalveolar surgery and will include other types of surgery including orthognathic, trauma and temporomandibular joint surgery.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this presentation, participants should be able to:
  1. Explain the complexity, etiology, epidemiology and psychosocial aspects of injury to the most common sensory and motor nerves encountered in oral and maxillofacial surgery.
  2. Determine preoperative and intraoperative adjuncts and techniques to avoid nerve injury.
  3. Describe the clinical effects of injury, diagnosis and histopathologic classifications of trigeminal and facial nerve injury.
  4. Discuss the role of informed consent in patients at risk of trigeminal and facial nerve injury.