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  • Title: The etiology of altered sensation in the inferior alveolar, lingual, and mental nerves as a result of dental treatment.
    Author: Pogrel MA, Thamby S.
    Journal: J Calif Dent Assoc; 1999 Jul; 27(7):531, 534-8. PubMed ID: 10530111.
    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.
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