Delayed Onset of Altered Sensation Following Dental Implant Placement and Mental Block Local Anesthesia: A Case Report

Implant Dentistry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 324-330

  Flanagan, Dennis ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nerve compression; Nerve injury; Postoperative altered sensation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHIN; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTURE; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INNERVATION; LIP DISEASE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; OSTEOTOMY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CHIN; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PULP TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; JAW, EDENTULOUS; LIP DISEASES; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING;

EID: 0036982569     PISSN: 10566163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008505-200211040-00010     Document Type: Article

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