title: Lower lip paraesthesia following restoration of a second premolar tooth. Case report.
abstract: A forty year old female patient developed paraesthesia of the right side of her lower lip following the placement of an extensive pin-retained amalgam restoration in her lower right second premolar tooth. Radiographs indicated that the mental foramen was close to the apex of this tooth and it was assumed that postoperative pulpitis and periapical inflammation had caused the paraesthesia through the effects of pressure on the mental nerve. The paraesthesia resolved following endodontic treatment of the lower second premolar tooth and the patient has had no further signs or symptoms.
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, University of Western Australia.
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Abbott
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001641:Bicuspid; D003723:Dental Amalgam; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000628:therapy; D003772:Dental Pins; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000294:innervation*; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000294:innervation; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D010485:Periapical Periodontitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011671:Pulpitis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D012390:Root Canal Therapy; D019227:Tooth Apex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D003723:Dental Amalgam