title: Bilateral benign paroxysmal positional vertigo following a tooth implantation.
abstract: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a common cause of vertigo and may occur following recent head trauma. Bilateral involvement in BPPV is considered rare and has received little attention in the medical literature. We describe an unusual case of bilateral BPPV in a middle-aged woman that presented during a dental implantation, performed with the use of osteotomes. We discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic challenge of this entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Soroka University Medical Center and The Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel. dankap@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: Uriel
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Attal
authors.forename: Mordechai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kraus
mesh_terms: D003757:Dental Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011187:Posture; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology