A Study of Current Perception Threshold of Trigeminal Nerve after Tooth Implantation

치아임플란트 시술 후 삼차신경에서의 전류인지역치에 대한 연구

  • Lim, Hyun-Dae (Department of Oral medicine, College of Dentistry, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Lee, Jung-Hyun (Department of Oral medicine, Daejeon Sun Dental Hospital) ;
  • Lee, You-Mee (Department of Oral medicine, College of Dentistry, Wonkwang University)
  • 임현대 (원광대학교 치과대학 구강내과학 교실) ;
  • 이정현 (대전 선치과병원 구강내과) ;
  • 이유미 (원광대학교 치과대학 구강내과학 교실)
  • Published : 2007.06.30

Abstract

This study attempted to contribute to the clinical application of implant operation by making a quantitative nerve examination using a neurometer for the evaluation of sensory disturbances that could be incurred after the implantation in the dental clinics, and it intended to establish an objective guideline in the evaluation of sensory nerve after the operation of implant. An inspection was performed with the frequencies of 2000Hz, 250 Hz and 5 Hz before and after the operations of tooth implant using $Neurometer^{(R)}$ CPT/C (Neurotron, Inc. Baltimore, Maryland, USA) for 44 patients who had performed an implant operation among the patients coming to Daejeon Sun Dental Hospital in 2006 and 30 people for control group. The measuring sites were maxillary nerve ending and mandibular nerve ending of trigeminal nerve according to the implant operating regions. The current perception threshold (CPT) by each nerve fiber was specifically responded under the electric stimulation of 2000 Hz in case of $A{\beta}$ fiber and of 250 Hz in case of $A{\delta}$ fiber and of 5Hz in case of C fiber. The CPT test could be performed to assess the damages of peripheral nerve in the trigeminal nerve area and it stimulated selective nerve fibers by generating the electricity of specific frequency in the peripheral nerve area. The nerve fibers with varied thickness were responsive selectively to the electric stimulation with different frequencies; accordingly, they applied the electric stimulation with different frequencies and the reaction threshold of $A{\beta},\;A{\delta}$ and C fibers selectively responsive to each electric current could be individually evaluated. In the assessment through the CPT, the increase and decrease of the CPT could be measured so that sensory disturbances such as hyperaesthesia or hypoaesthesia could be diagnosed. This study could obtain the following results after the assessment of the CPT before and after the implant operation. 1. In the assessment before and after the implant operation, the CPT in the frequencies of 2000 Hz, 250 Hz, 5 Hz for maxillary branch increased on the whole after the operation and the CPT for mandibular branch in the $A{\beta}$-fiber(2000 Hz) and C-fiber(5 Hz )after the operation increased statistically significantly. 2. For the groups of patients with medically compromised or its subsequent medicinal prescription, there were no significant differences before and after the implant operation and for the control groups, significantly high CPT was shown after the implant operation in the left $A{\beta}$-fiber(2000 Hz) and C-fiber(5 Hz). 3. In the comparison of the measured value of the CPT before the operation between the control group and the implant operation group, the latter group had a significantly high measured value of the CPT in the right $A{\beta}$-fiber(2000 Hz) and C-fiber(5 Hz) and there were significant differences in $A{\beta}$-fiber(2000 Hz) in the CPT assessment after the implant operation for the control group. 4. Male participants had higher CPT than female counterparts; however, there were no statistic significances. In the CPT evaluation before and after implant operation, there were no statistical differences in the male group while the right C-fiber(5 Hz) and left $A{\beta}$-fiber(2000Hz) were significantly high in the female group. 5. In the comparison between the group who complain sensory disturbance and the other group, the CPT increased on the whole in the former group, but there were no statistical significances. In the groups, whom there was an increase in VAS, the CPT after the implant operation in the right C-fiber(5 Hz) increased significantly; meanwhile, in case that the VAS mark was '0' before and after the operation, the CPT after the operation in the left $A{\beta}$-fiber(2000 Hz) increased significantly. This study suggested that the CPT measurements using $Neurometer^{(R)}$ CPT/C, provide useful information of objective and quantitative sensory disturbances for tooth implantation.

이 연구는 치과임플란트 시술후에 발생할수 있는 감각이상의 평가를 위하여 뉴로미터를 사용하여 정량적으로 측정하여, 임플란트 시술후의 감각신경 평가에 개관적 지침을 마련하고자 하는데 목적이 있다. 2006년 대전 썬 병원 구강내과에 내원한 환자중에 임플란트 술식을 시행한 환자 44명과 대조군 30명을 대상으로 $Neurometer^{(R)}$ CPT/C (Neurotron, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.)를 이용하여 임플란트 시술전과 시술후 발사시에 2000 Hz, 250 Hz, 5 Hz,주파수로 검사를 시행하였다. 측정 부위는 임플란트 시술부위에 따라 삼차신경의 상악신경 분지와 하악신경 분지에 적용하였다. Neurometer는 세가지의 주파수 (2000 Hz, 250 Hz, 5 Hz)를 적용할 수 있는데, 각 주파수별로 대상자가 감각을 느낄 수 있는 가장 낮은 전류의 세기를 전류인지역치로 기록하였다. 각 신경섬유별 전류인지역치는 $A{\beta}$섬유의 경우 2000 Hz, $A{\delta}$섬유의 경우 250 Hz의 전류자극 하에서 특징적으로 반응하며, C섬유의 경우 5 Hz의 전류자극 하에서 반응한다. 전류인지역치 검사는 삼차신경 영역에 있어서도 말초신경 손상을 평가하기 위하여 검사를 시행할 수 있으며, 말초신경부위에 특징적인 주파수의 전류를 발생시켜 선택적인 신경 섬유를 자극한다. 서로 다른 굵기의 신경 섬유들은 각기 다른 빈도의 전류자극에 선택적으로 반응하는데, 각기 다른 주파수의 전류자극을 적용하며, 각 전류에 선택적으로 반응하는 $A{\beta},\;A{\delta}$, C신경 섬유의 반응 역치를 개별적으로 평가할 수 있다. 전류인지역치를 통한 평가에서는 전류인지 역치의 증감을 측정하여 감각과민이나 감각감퇴등의 감각이상을 진단할 수 있다. 임플란트 시술전후의 전류인지역치를 평가한 본 연구에서는 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 임플란트 시술 전후의 평가에서는 좌우 상하악 각각의 2000 Hz, 250 Hz, 5 Hz에서의 전류인지역치는 전반적으로 수술 후가 증가되었으며, 하악에서는 2000 Hz와 5 Hz에서 수술후에의 전류인지역치가 통계학적으로 유의하게 증가하였다. 2. 전신질환을 가지고있거나 그로 인하여 투약중인 군에서는 임플란트 수술 전후에 유의한 차이가 없었으며, 대조군에 비해서는 좌측 2000 Hz와 5 Hz에서 임플란트 시술군이 전류인지역치가 유의하게 높았다. 3. 대조군과 임플란트 수술군의 수술전의 전류인지역치 측정치의 비교에서는 우측 2000 Hz, 5 Hz에서 임플란트 시술군이 유의하게 높았으며, 대조군과 임플란트 수술후의 전류 인지 역치 평가에서는 2000 Hz에서 유의한 차이를 보였다. 4. 남자가 여자보다는 전류인지역치가 높았으나, 통계학적인 유의성을 보이지는 않았으며, 임플란트 시술군내에서도 남녀차이는 보이지 않았으며, 대조군에서 좌측 2000 Hz에서 유의하게 낮았다. 임플란트 시술 전후의 전류인지 평가에서 남녀성별에 따른 차이는 남자군에서는 통계학적 차이가 없었고, 여자군에서 우측 5 Hz, 좌측 2000 Hz에서 유의하게 높았다. 5. 감각신경이 있다고 호소하는 군과 아닌 군과의 비교에서는 감각이상을 호소하는 군이 전체적으로 전류인지역치가 증가했으나 통계학적인 유의성은 없었다. VAS상에 증가를 보이는 군의 수술전후의 전류인지측정 평가에서는 우측 5 Hz에서 임플란트 시술후 전류인지역치가 유의하게 증가하였으며, VAS 표시가 수술전후에 모두 0 인 경우에 좌측 2000 Hz에서 수술후의 전류인지역치가 유의하게 증가하였다. 이 연구는 뉴로미터를 이용하여 치아 임플란트 시술후에 발생할 수 있는 감각이상을 평가 할수 있는 객관적이고 정량적인 전류인지역치를 제시하고자 하였다.

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