Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain

Korean Academy of Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine (대한안면통증구강내과학회)
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A Pilot Study for Thermal Threshold Test of Trigeminal Nerve Injuries

삼차신경손상의 온도역치검사에 대한 예비연구

  • Kim, Mee-Eun (Department of Oral Medicine, Dankook University School of Dentistry)
  • 김미은 (단국대학교 치과대학 구강내과학교실)
  • Received : 2012.11.20
  • Accepted : 2012.12.07
  • Published : 2012.12.30
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Abstract

Trigeminal nerve injuries due to invasive dental procedures such as implant surgery and extraction is one of the most serious issues in dentistry and may provoke medico-legal problems. Thus, for objective and reliable assessment of nerve injury, a need of QST (quantitative sensory testing) is emphasized and thermal threshold test is an essential part of QST, reported to have acceptable reliability in the orofacial region. This pilot study aimed to evaluate thermal thresholds for limited cases of trigeminal nerve injures. The study investigated 18 clinical cases with trigeminal nerve injuries who visited Department of Oral Medicine, Dankook Univeristy Dental Hospital during the period from May 2011 to Oct 2012. Thermal thresholds was measured by Thermal Sensory Analyzer, TSA-II (Medoc, Israel). Their CDT(cold detection threshold) was significantly decreased in the affected sides compared to the unaffected sides. Other parameters such as WDT(warm detection threshold), CPT(cold pain threshold) and HPT(heat pain threshold) did not show statistical difference between the affected and unaffected sides. Further researches are required to compare thermal thresholds relative to types of nerve deficits such as thermal hyper- or hypoesthesia and hyper- or hypoalgesia for larger sample.

임플란트 수술이나 발치 같은 침습적인 치과치료로 인한 삼차신경 손상의 증가는 최근 치과계의 가장 민감한 문제의 하나로서 향후 법적인 문제로 까지 이어질 수 있다. 그러므로 신경손상에 대한 객관적이고 신뢰성 있는 평가 즉, 정량적 감각신경 검사(quantitative sensory testing)의 필요성이 강조되고 있으며, 온도역치 검사는 QST의 필수 항목으로 구강영역에서도 신뢰성이 입증되어 있다. 국내에서는 삼차신경손상과 관련한 온도역치 검사에 대한 보고가 아직 없기에, 본원에서 시행한 일부 증례의 온도역치 검사의 결과를 평가하고자 하였다. 2011년 5월부터 2012년 10월까지 단국대학교 치과대학 부속 치과병원 구강내과에 내원한 삼차신경손상이 의심되는 환자중 온도역치 검사를 시행한 18명의 환자 자료를 분석하였다. 환자들의 냉인지역치(cold detection threshold, CDT)는 이환측이 비이환측에 비해 유의하게 낮았으나 온인지역치(warm detection threshold, WDT), 냉통각역치(cold pain threshold, CPT), 열통각역치(heat pain threshold, HPT)는 통계적 차이를 보이지 않았다. 향후 더 많은 피검자를 대상으로 온도 자극과 관련하여 감각저하나 감각과민, 통각저하나 통각과민 같은 유형별 비교 연구가 필요하다.

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