Surgical procedure and prohibited interventions
According to a standardized protocol, surgeries were performed by experienced oral surgeons (Y. K. and T. S.) with at least 3 years of postgraduate experience. Further information on the surgical procedures is provided in our previous report (Kakei et al., All patients included in the study underwent surgery performed by an oral surgeon with a minimum of 3 years of postgraduate experience, following a standardized protocol. Before administering the blockage of the inferior alveolar nerves, the oral surgeon should first use a povidone‐iodine solution to disinfect and sterilize the surface of the affected area in the patient's mouth. Following the disinfection, a 2% lidocaine + 1:80,000 epinephrine injection is administered. Subsequently, a mucoperiosteal flap was elevated using the Partial Newmann flap method, a standard incision technique in our practice(K et al., 