NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The trigeminal nerves play essential roles in helping your face feel pain, touch, warmth or cold. The mandibular branches of the trigeminal nerves help you bite, chew and swallow. In some cases, people develop numbness or other signs of trigeminal neuropathy from an accident, dental procedure or facial surgery.

Detailed explanation-2: -The mandibular nerve is the only branch of the trigeminal nerve with a motor component (V3). This branch supplies motor innervation to the facial muscles involved in mastication, which include the masseter, temporalis muscle, and lateral and medial pterygoids.

Detailed explanation-3: -The trigeminal nerve is responsible for sensory enervation of the face and motor enervation to muscles of mastication (chewing).