Anatom3DBuccal nerve
Nervus buccalis · Tvářový nerv
Nervous system
Looks like
A sensory branch of the mandibular nerve running forward onto the outer surface of the cheek muscle.
What it does
Brings feeling from the skin and inner lining of the cheek and the outer gums of the lower back teeth.
Keeping it well
Blocked separately for extractions of lower molars. Not the nerve that moves the cheek muscle (that is the facial nerve).
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Cluster headache
- Cold sores (herpes simplex)
- Fibromyalgia
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Lyme disease
- Migraine
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Tetanus
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies