J Korean Dent Soc Anesthesiol. 2007 Dec;7(2):131-134. Korean.
Published online May 31, 2016.
Copyright © 2007 Journal of the Korean Dental Society of Anesthesiology
Case Report

Diplopia after Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block Anesthesia: A Case Report

Eun Hae Choi, Ji-Young Seo, Bock-Young Jung, Sung-Tae Kim, Kee-Deog Kim and Wonse Park
    • Department of General Dentistry, Dental Hospital of Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Inferior alveolar nerve block anesthesia is one of the most common procedures in dental clinic. Although it is well known as safe procedure, complications always can be occurred. Ocular complications such as diplopia, loss of vision, opthalmoplegia are very rare, but once it happens, dentist and patient can be embarrassed and rapport will be decreased between them. We experienced one diplopia case after inferior alveolar nerve block anesthesia and treated without any further complication. We report this case and describe the cause, diagnosis, and treatment objectives of diplopia caused by inferior alveolar nerve block anesthesia.

Keywords
Diplopia; Inferior alveolar nerve; Block anesthesia


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