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Quantitative Diameter Analysis of Lingual Nerve Axons in Man

The Dental School, Framlington Place, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England NE2 4BW

A.D.G. Beynon

The Dental School, Framlington Place, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England NE2 4BW

Previous studies on axon counts and fiber-diameter spectra in lingual nerves have been carried out only on animal models. This study reports an histological investigation on a series of 20 lingual nerves removed post mortem from human subjects. The results show wide variation in the myelinated fiber counts — a variation which does not appear to be related to the ages of the subjects. When the results are compared with those of a previous study (Heasman and Beynon, 1983), it is seen that the lingual nerve:inferior dental nerve ratio of axon counts is not a consistent index. The fiber-diameter spectrum for the human lingual nerve is characterized by a bimodal curve with the more pronounced peak in the small-diameter fiber range.

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Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 65, No. 7, 1016-1019 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345860650070401


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