Local anaesthesia in the upper jaw

Authors
Publication date 2017
Host editors
  • J.A. Baart
  • H.S. Brand
Book title Local anaesthesia in dentistry
ISBN
  • 9783319437040
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9783319437057
Edition 2
Pages (from-to) 69-85
Publisher Cham: Springer
Organisations
  • Faculty of Dentistry (ACTA)
Abstract The sensory innervation of the upper jaw arises from the second trunk of the trigeminal nerve, the maxillary nerve. This main branch of the trigeminal nerve leaves the neurocranium via the foramen rotundum, reaches the pterygopalatine fossa and runs straight through the infraorbital nerve, branching off many times along its course. With regard to local anaesthesia in the upper jaw, the following branches are of importance:

The greater and lesser palatine nerves

The posterior, middle and anterior superior alveolar nerves

The infraorbital nerve (Fig. 5.1)
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43705-7_5
Published at https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-43705-7_5.pdf
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