My question is has anyone on the site had nerve damage or severed nerves with a BSSO? I haven't seen anyone, it seems most have had theirs injury with wisdom teeth.

Thank you for being here.

Michele

"Thus, iatrogenic injury is the most frequent cause of sensory disturbances in the distributions of the inferior alveolar and mental nerves (Haskell 1986, Meyer 1990b, Carmichael & McGowan 1992, Ventä & Lindqvist 1998). Immediate postoperative paresthesia after BSSO is common, with reports of 80-100% incidence.

Long-term follow-up has shown an incidence of sensory disturbance at 1 or 2 years after surgery, ranging from 0% to 85% (Champlain 1971, Walter & Gregg 1979, Brusati et al. 1981, Guernsey & de MacIntosh 1981, Svartz et al. 1983, Martis 1984, Coghlan & Irvine 1986, Zaytoun et al. 1986, Campbell et al. 1987, Raveh et al. 1988, Yoshida et al. 1989, Karas et al. 1990, Jones et al. 1990, Naples et al. 1994, Scheerlink et al. 1994, Fridrich et al. 1995, Jääskeläinen et al. 1995a, Pratt et al. 1996, Nishioka et al. 1997, August et al. 1998, Fujioka et al. 1998, Westermark et al. 1998a, Panula et al. 2001).

However, sensory changes following BSSO tend to be temporary in most cases."

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