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Prof David Ngeow
BDS (Malaya), FFDRCSIreland (O.S), FDSRCS (Eng),

MDSc (Malaya), PhD (Sheffield), FAMM, FICOI
Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Clinical Sciences,
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya

Professor Dr. David Ngeow is currently a lecturer at the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Malaya. He was a
visiting professor at the University of California, San Francisco in 2015/2016. He graduated from the University of Malaya in 1992 and was a private practitioner for 9
months before he was offered the post of tutorship at his alma matter. Three years later, he became a Senior House Officer at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East
Grinstead, England, where he obtained his Fellowship in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He
subsequently returned to Malaysia and was a pioneer lecturer at the then newly established Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He later became a lecturer at the University
of Malaya in 2000. He has been running implant courses in Malaysia since 2012. He has published 198 papers in local and international journals, and was the Editor of the
Malaysian Dental Journal from 2005-2007 and the Editor of the MDA Newsletter for 2015. He is currently the Editor of the Malaysian Dental Journal. His research interests
are craniofacial anthropometry, variations of the mandibular nerve, and recovery of peripheral nerves after microsurgical repair.

Main Scientific Program - Topics and Synopsis

Lecture 6

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Saturday, 11 March 2023 (DAY 2)
08:00 – 09:00

LINGUAL NERVE NEUROPATHY

Lingual nerve is one vital structure that is crucial in dentistry. It gives us taste and sensation. Damage or dysfunction of lingual nerve known as Lingual Nerve Neuropathy,
often results in dysesthesia, paraesthesia, dysgeusia and/or total numbness. Neuropathy of the lingual nerve is not common, though it can happen following minor or major
dental surgical procedures involving the sublingual or the submandibular region of oral cavity. Investigators have reported that the anatomical location and the
unpredictable course of the lingual nerve play important roles to it being affected by surgical procedures. However, there are many other causes of neuropathy which most
medical and dental practitioners are unfamiliar with. This lecture briefly reviews the course of the lingual nerve, and summarises the causes and reports of all aetiologies of
neuropathy that can occur along the path of a lingual nerve. The audience should understand the clinical implications of accurately diagnosing lingual nerve neuropathy as it
can manifest from many other dental procedures apart from routine local anaesthetic injections and mandibular third molar surgery that most dentists perform.

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