Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

The Korean Dental Society of Anesthsiology (대한치과마취과학회)
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Facial blanching after inferior alveolar nerve block anesthesia: an unusual complication

  • Kang, Sang-Hoon (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital) ;
  • Won, Yu-Jin (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital)
  • Received : 2017.08.29
  • Accepted : 2017.09.24
  • Published : 2017.12.31
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Abstract

The present case report describes a complication involving facial blanching symptoms occurring during inferior alveolar nerve block anesthesia (IANBA). Facial blanching after IANBA can be caused by the injection of an anesthetic into the maxillary artery area, affecting the infraorbital artery.

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