Dental anesthesia
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- Dental anesthesia is usually performed in the dentists office.
- A typical side effect in local dental anesthesia is a lingering numbness in the lips, cheek and tongue.
- Statement of Related Art Dental anesthesia is generally by a topical anesthesia injection followed by a deeper injection which blocks off the nerve endings within the region (infiltration) or blocks off the sensory nerves at some distance from the region (nerve blocking).
- An unusual case of unilateral peripheral facial nerve paralysis following local dental anesthesia is reported.
- Dental Anesthesia is usually of the local anesthetic variety and can result in tongue and lip numbness or paralysis.
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