BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although visualization of the extracranial branches of the cranial nerves has improved with advances in MR imaging, only limited studies have assessed the detection of extracranial branches of the mandibular nerve (V3). We investigated the detectability of the branches of V3 on a 3D double-echo steady-state with water excitation sequence. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retros...

were being operated for the second time, owing to a recurrence of symptoms. In all the subjects being operated for the first time, direct motor responses were obtained from ipsilateral temporalis, masseter and anterior belly of the digastric. The motor conduction velocity was equal for the fibres directed to all three muscles. This was estimated to be 54 m/s in the masseteric nerve and 55-68 m/...

Residual cysts are common after the extraction of a third impacted molar. Many them usually asymptomatic and can be detected incidentally on routine radiography before symptoms appear. Lately, 3D CBCT is most diagnostic method for detecting them. We present case residual cyst that exists 20 years right lower Cysts vary in size, over grow disrupt bone continuity. In this case, 53-year-old patien...

BACKGROUND Benign masseter muscle hypertrophy is an uncommon clinical phenomenon of uncertain aetiology which is characterised by a soft swelling near the angle of the mandible. The swelling may on occasion be associated with facial pain and can be prominent enough to be considered cosmetically disfiguring. Varying degrees of success have been reported for some of the treatment options for mass...