X-rays, often including a dental CAT scan, help visualize the course of the mandibular nerve. While the risk of injury to the nerve exits, it is very small and seldom occurs.

Not usually. Most teeth that need a root canal have a living nerve that is inflamed and causing pain from cold and/or heat. Other teeth have a nerve that has gone through and past the inflamed stage and has died and decomposed. The percentage of teeth with a dead nerve is actually in the minority. A nerve MUST die before it can become abscessed (infected) because the bacteria need a food source on which to thrive. A living nerve does not provide a food source like a decomposed one. See similar questions...

The best and preferred root canal filler is gutta percha, a natural rubber-like substance derived from the sap of a tropical tree. It shapes itself to fit inside the canal and seals off the hole in the root tip. It can also be easily removed if necessary. If the canals are not filled, the body will fill them itself—with a stagnant organic debris and bacteria, causing the bone outside the root to abscess and requiring the root canal to be started all over again. See similar questions...

The neurovascular bundles or nerve bundles, one on the left side of the prostate and one on the right side carry nerves and blood to assist in achieving an erection. If surgery is chosen as the treatment of the cancer, these bundles may or may not be spared. See similar questions...

Even though the nerves have been removed from inside of the tooth, the surrounding tissues and bone have now undergone inflammation. Natural tissue inflammation may cause discomfort for a few days. This can easily be controlled by an analgesic. Brushing and flossing regularly and avoiding chewing hard food on the treated tooth are important to remember. See similar questions...

Underneath your tooth's outer enamel and within the dentin is an area of soft tissue called the pulp, which carries the tooth's nerves, veins, arteries and lymph vessels. Root canals are very small, thin divisions that branch off from the top pulp chamber down to the tip of the root. A tooth has at least one but no more than four root canals. See similar questions...

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A pinched nerve is rare. It is more likely that an adjacent spinal bone irritates, stretches, rubs, chokes, or chafes the spinal cord or a nerve when you have a subluxation. These subluxations distort the nerve messages sent between the brain and the body. This can produce unhealthy alterations to the organs and tissues connected by the affected nerves. See similar questions...

The nerve that controls motion to the face (the facial nerve) runs through the parotid gland. This nerve is important in closing the eyes, wrinkling the nose, and moving the lips. Most often the parotid gland can be removed without permanent damage to the nerve, however, the size and position of the diseased tissue may require that the nerve, or small branches of the nerve, be cut to assure complete removal. See similar questions...

In the context of PNE, a nerve block involves injecting a liquid at a precise location near a nerve. For a small nerve like the pudendal that takes slightly different paths in different people, this requires more than just studying a person's body and deciding where to insert the needle, at what angle, and how deep. It requires imaging of some type, such as Xray (fluoroscope) or CT. See similar questions...

Nerve interference shows up in the form of headaches, radiating pain, numbness, weakness in your arms or legs, and on and on. In light of the fact that every muscle, organ and sensory is controlled by the nervous system it open a lot of possibilities up for some adverse effects if the nervous system is irritated in some way. See similar questions...

The best way is by word of mouth. You (or an eager future grandparent) may have attended a bris and taken the mohel's card. Or your obstetrician may have a referral. You can also call your rabbi or cantor for the name of a mohel. Most often, one family will pass the mohel's name on to the next, and so on. See similar questions...

There are more than 7,000 physiatrists practicing in the United States today. As a public service, the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) provides listings of its member physiatrists by state. Or, to receive a printed list of board-certified physiatrists in your area, contact Adrianne Watson, marketing & sales coordinator, by phone at (312) 464-9700, fax at (312) 464-0227, or e-mail at awatson@aapmr.org See similar questions...

The sacral nerve is a nerve near the end of the spinal cord. This nerve can control the contractions of the bladder. A sacral nerve stimulator is an implanted device which uses a mild electrical impulse to excite the nerve to make the bladder do its job properly. A Pelvic Floor stimulator is an external device using electrical stimulation to the pelvic floor muscle. Stimulation is generally delivered by a vaginal or anal probe connected to an external pulse generator. See similar questions...

Because the tooth will not heal by itself. Without treatment, the infection will spread, bone around the tooth will begin to degenerate, and the tooth may fall-out. Pain usually worsens until one is forced to seek emergency dental attention. The only alternative is usually extraction of the tooth, which can cause surrounding teeth to shift crookedly, resulting in a bad bite. See similar questions...

A locate is any unique data point or event recorded by our systems either automatic or user initiated that is transmitted to our servers. For example, scheduled data recording, speed events, and geofence violations are all locates. See similar questions...

A nerve root injection is done primarily to determine if a specific nerve root is the source of back, buttock and leg pain. The procedure is similar to an epidural injection, where the lower spinal canal is injected. Selective nerve root injections of cortisone and anesthetic can help diagnose as well as treat nerve root inflammation that causes sciatica, a numbness or pain in the leg. This very precise injection can help alleviate leg pain coming from nerve roots in the lower back. See similar questions...