An Ancient Science to Improve Today’s Clinical Practice: Oral Surgery Meets Human Anatomy

Roberto Pistilli, Lorenzo Bonifazi, Carlo Barausse, Alessandra Ruggeri, Michele Covelli, Maryia Karaban and Pietro Felice
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Roberto Pistilli: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, 00152 Rome, Italy
Lorenzo Bonifazi: Oral Surgery, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40125 Bologna, Italy
Carlo Barausse: Oral Surgery, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40125 Bologna, Italy
Alessandra Ruggeri: Human Anatomy, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40100 Bologna, Italy
Michele Covelli: Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca “Popolazione, Ambiente e Salute” (CIRPAS), University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy
Maryia Karaban: Oral Surgery, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40125 Bologna, Italy
Pietro Felice: Oral Surgery, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40125 Bologna, Italy

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 22, 1-6

Abstract: Human body dissection was a ubiquitous practice in the past, to better understand anatomy and to develop medicine. Today, its role could still be important to answer everyday clinical queries and help surgeons. The example of the possible lack of anesthesia during symphysis surgeries can emphasize the usefulness of dissection. The mandibular symphysis usually receives innervation from inferior alveolar nerve terminations, but, in some rare cases, a particular anastomosis involves the lingual nerve and the nerve to the mylohyoid. The anatomical knowledge resulting from body dissections could help oral surgeons to understand the reason why the patient could feel pain during the surgery, and ensure performance of the right lingual nerve block to obtain complete anesthesia. This clinical situation shows the educational role of an ancient, yet still valid, practice, human dissection, and the importance of anatomical studies to improve surgical skills, to provide better treatment for the patient.

Keywords: dissection; human anatomy; oral surgery; nerve to the mylohyoid; lingual nerve; local anesthesia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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