Nerve injury caused by mandibular block analgesia
Hillerup, S., et al. - Unlike most mechanical injuries after surgery, injection injuries were not followed by a course of spontaneous improvement of neurosensory and/or gustatory function. This may indicate neurotoxicity as a central aetiological factor. Fifty-four percent of the nerve injuries were associated with Articaine 4%, and a substantial increase in the number of injection injuries followed its introduction to the Danish market [more...]
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