The dentist’s role in managing trigeminal neuralgia

Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic pain condition that can result in inexplicable and spontaneous pain in the areas innervated by all three branches of the trigeminal nerve. Oftentimes, patients with trigeminal neuralgia will approach a dentist with complaints of pain in their mouth with no obvious cause.

Robot-assisted dental surgery: The new frontier in implant dentistry

Any field that requires high precision minimal invasiveness, and whose results are subject to human fatigue, can benefit from implementation of robotics systems. So it comes as no surprise that oral and maxillofacial surgery, particularly implant placement, has seen recent advancements in robotic-assisted surgical techniques.