title: The etiology of altered sensation in the inferior alveolar, lingual, and mental nerves as a result of dental treatment.
abstract: In a review of 163 consecutive patients referred with trigeminal nerve (inferior alveolar or lingual nerve) involvement following dental treatment, the most common etiology was third-molar removal (87 patients). The second most common cause was an inferior alveolar nerve block injection (34 patients), with a smaller number of endodontic and periodontal complications. Female patients outnumbered male 3.3 to 1. Twenty-seven patients were offered surgical exploration and possible nerve repair surgery; of them, 14 underwent surgery. Forty percent of the patients admitted to being involved in litigation during the time they were undergoing treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry 94143-0440, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pogrel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thamby
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002680:Chin / Q000294:innervation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D061222:Lingual Nerve Injuries; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000601:surgery; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000009:adverse effects; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology*; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects; D061221:Trigeminal Nerve Injuries