inferior alveolar nerve (redirected from Inferior dental nerve)

inferior alveolar nerve

n.

A terminal branch of the mandibular nerve that is distributed to the lower teeth, periosteum, and gums of the mandible.

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inferior alveolar nerve,

n the nerve formed from the merger of the incisive and mental nerves that serves the tissues of the chin, lower lip, and labial mucosa of the mandibular anterior and premolar teeth and later joins the posterior trunk of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve.