alveolar nerve

The alveolar nerves or dental nerves include three superior alveolar nerves: the anterior superior alveolar nerve, middle superior alveolar nerve, and posterior superior alveolar nerve,

and an inferior alveolar nerve.{{Cite web|title=StackPath|url=https://www.rdhmag.com/career-profession/students/article/16409360/the-underused-block-the-vaziraniakinosi-mandibular-block-is-a-viable-pain-control-option|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.rdhmag.com}}

The superior alveolar nerves are all branches of the maxillary nerve, which is the second branch of the trigeminal nerve.

The inferior alveolar nerve, which is small in length, is a branch of the mandibular nerve, which is the third branch of the trigeminal nerve.{{Cite journal|last1=Bernal|first1=Laura|last2=Sotelo-Hitschfeld|first2=Pamela|last3=König|first3=Christine|last4=Sinica|first4=Viktor|last5=Wyatt|first5=Amanda|last6=Winter|first6=Zoltan|last7=Hein|first7=Alexander|last8=Touska|first8=Filip|last9=Reinhardt|first9=Susanne|last10=Tragl|first10=Aaron|last11=Kusuda|first11=Ricardo|date=2021-03-01|title=Odontoblast TRPC5 channels signal cold pain in teeth|journal=Science Advances|language=en|volume=7|issue=13|pages=eabf5567|doi=10.1126/sciadv.abf5567|issn=2375-2548|pmid=33771873|pmc=7997515|bibcode=2021SciA....7.5567B|doi-access=free}}