Is inferior alveolar nerve anesthesia too risky?
5th American Dental Congress
October 05-07, 2015 Philadelphia, USA

Suzan Bayer

Bezmialem University, Turkey

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

Paresthesia of lingual nerve is annoying for both dentists and patients. It is a rare complication. Gaffen et al. reported 64 cases of non surgical paresthesia in 13 million mandibular anesthesias. It may happen due to tooth extraction of the wisdom teeth or dental anesthetic injection for fillings, crowns. It results in a chronic pain syndrome or neuropathy. If the inferior alveolar nerve is involved, numbness of the lip may result. In this poster presentation we report a case of 39 year old male patient who has paresthesia on his tongue after mandibular anesthesia which was performed before dental filling. He referred to our clinic 1 year later paresthesia began. Low laser therapy was performed for 6 months. After 3 years follow up he expressed that he still has numbness and prickling on his tongue instantly. Paresthesia is one of the most serious complications in dentistry and it is so difficult to treat. The aim of this poster presentation is to make clinicians be aware of anesthesia complications. In conclusion, clinicians pay special attention to risks of performing mandibular anesthesia to avoid paresthesia.

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Email: suzanbayer@gmail.com