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Table 2 Incidence of lingual nerve damage and IAN damage of each group

From: Assessment of the proximity between the mandibular third molar and inferior alveolar canal using preoperative 3D-CT to prevent inferior alveolar nerve damage

 

Lingual nerve damage

IAN damage

IAN damage rate (%)

Group I (1735 cases)

3 cases

6 cases

0.35

Group II (2063 cases)

6 cases

23 cases

1.1

Group III (1119 cases)

3 cases

3 cases

0.27

Total (4917 cases)

12 cases

32 cases

0.65