The scoring system uses: Winter's classification ... of which involved the lingual nerve and 20 (3.25%) affecting the inferior dental nerve, (Table 1). This number reduced to 20 (3.25%) lingual ...

The vitamins B12 and B9 (folate) help maintain a healthy nervous system. Because of this ... People can sometimes sustain damage to the lingual nerve during a dental procedure.

The 55-year-old sued her dentist Dr Arash Sharak, accusing him of negligently failing to make clear the risk of potential nerve damage after her lingual nerve - which provides feeling to the ...