Temporary mental nerve paraesthesia secondary to orthodontic treatment - A case report and review

British Dental Journal

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-84

  Willy, P J ^a,c   Brennan, P ^b   Moore, J ^c  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHODONTICS; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PARESTHESIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; CHIN; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FOLLOW UP; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MANDIBULAR NERVE; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHIN; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; PARESTHESIA; TOOTH MOVEMENT;

EID: 1542379767     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4810893     Document Type: Review

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