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1. Ivasović Z, Katanec D, Pavelić B, Blažeković AM. Surgical Treatment of Neuralgia as a Result of Ossification of the Mental Orifice. Acta Stomatol Croat. 2004;38(1):97-103.
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   Title in English:	Surgical Treatment of Neuralgia as a Result of Ossification of the Mental Orifice
   Title in Croatian:	Kirurško liječenje neuralgije kao posljedice idiopatskog okošavanja mentalnog otvora
   Type of Article:	case report
   MeSH:	OSTEOMA NEURALGIA
   Abstract:	A case of a patient with osteoma of the lower jaw is presented. Osteoma caused compression of the mental nerve and neuralgiform pain. During an intraoral examination, osseous deformity of the mandibula was not found. Diagnosis was confirmed by X-ray, which showed enostosis or a central osteoma. The presentation describes the surgical technique of external decompression by which the nerve epineural integument is released from the pressure caused by the benign osseous formation. Six months after the surgery the patient had no symptoms and had normal sensibility in the lower jaw and no irregularities.

2. Katanec D, Blažeković AM, Ivasović Z, Pavelić B, Kuna T. Postextraction pain treatment possibilities. Acta Stomatol Croat. 2003;37(4):465-75.
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   Title in English:	Postextraction pain treatment possibilities
   Title in Croatian:	Mogućnosti liječenja postekstrakcijske boli.
   Type of Article:	professional paper
   MeSH:	DRY SOCKET FACIAL PAIN + etiology
   Abstract:	Postextraction pain or alveolitis sicca dolorosa is a complication which appears after tooth extraction, usually in the molar region of the lower jaw. In this paper two methods were compared: conservative and surgical-conservative method. The research was carried in order to establish which method is more advantageous and more effective. The pain treatment lasted for one year. Thirty patients were treated and each of them were separately conducted during three weeks after the treatment. Fifteen patients were submitted to conservative therapy, and fifteen others to surgical-conservative therapy. The results (tables and charts) show that both methods are effective and that both methods lead to symptom termination. However, surgical- conservative method appeared to be more effective, because inthe first seven days after the therapy, approximately 75% of the patients no longer had alveolitis symptoms.