Post-traumatic painful trigeminal neuropathy (PTTN) is a significant condition, although it is underdiagnosed and underreported in both oral and maxillofacial surgery and endodontics. The most affected branches are the lingual and dentoalveolar branches, including their mentonial extension.
For years, the results of classic repair techniques, such as end-to-end anastomosis or autologous grafts, were limited. However, the incorporation of intubation techniques, allografts, advances in reparative microsurgery, and greater knowledge of the physiology of the peripheral nervous system and the microcellular evolution of lesions have led to a significant change.
These innovations offer new therapeutic alternatives and a real improvement in the prognosis of patients who, until recently, lacked effective options for the treatment of this type of injury.
Objectives
- Learn about techniques for accessing these injuries. Learn how to treat them using intubation and microrepair techniques with allografts that have demonstrated success rates that were unheard of until recently.
Directed to
- Specialist and general dentists interested in orofacial pain and temporomandibular dysfunction.
- Professionals interested in obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea and post-traumatic trigeminal neuropathic pain.
- Physical therapists and maxillofacial surgeons.
- Otolaryngologists, neurophysiologists, neurologists, and neurosurgeons.
- Pulmonologists, psychiatrists, endocrinologists, and nutritionists.
