Necrosis of the skin of the chin a possible complication of inferior alveolar nerve block injection

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1625-1630

  Torrente Castells, Eulàlia ^a   Gargallo Albiol, Jordi ^a   Rodríge Baeza, Alfonso ^a   Berini Aytes, Leonardo ^b   Gay Escoda, Cosine ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inferior alveolar artery; Inferior alveolar nerve block; Skin necrosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149250126     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2008.0104     Document Type: Article

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