Unexpected return of sensation following 4.5 years of paresthesia: case report

Implant Dentistry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 364-370

  Elian, Nicolas ^a   Mitsias, Miltiades ^a   Eskow, Robert ^a   Jalbout, Ziad N ^a,b   Cho, Sang Choon ^a   Froum, Stuart ^a   Tarnow, Dennis P ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Implant; Injury; Nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REMISSION; TIME; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

ADULT; DENTAL IMPLANTS; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PARESTHESIA; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644873420     PISSN: 10566163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.id.0000190252.60779.ae     Document Type: Article

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