Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2009

Abstract

This article presents a distant complication in the auricle following the administration of a standard inferior alveolar nerve block. The patient experienced profound numbness of the auricle on the ipsilateral side of the injection that lasted for about an hour following unintended injection to the auriculotemporal nerve.

Keywords

Anesthesia, Injection, Amaurosis, Anatomy

Divisions

OralMaxillofacialSurgery

Publication Title

British Dental Journal

Volume

207

Issue

1

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Additional Information

Times Cited: 0 Ngeow, W. C. Chai, W. L.

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