Assessment of Relation and Course of Inferior Alveolar Nerve using CBCT: A Retrospective Study of 120 Cases

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Introduction: Inferior alveolar nerve injury is most common post-operative complications while performing surgical procedures in close proximity to the Inferior alveolar neurovascular bundle such as Extraction of third molar, Placement of intraosseous implants, Placement of screws, Bilateral sagittal split osteotomy, Genioplasty in orthognathic surgery, Inferior Alveolar Nerve lateralization, Body Osteotomy, Distraction Osteogenesis, Massetric hypertrophy. So the relation and course of the inferior alveolar nerve is important to avoid injury to the nerve.