Editorial Type:
Article Category: Letter
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Online Publication Date: 14 Sept 2023

Mental and Lingual Nerve Paresthesia Following Infiltration Anesthesia for Dental Implant Placement in a Patient With Guillain-Barré Syndrome

DDS, MSc, PhD,
DDS, MSc,
DDS, MSc, and
DDS, PhD
Page Range: 389 – 392
DOI: 10.1563/aaid-joi-D-22-00036
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Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare rapid onset autoimmune peripheral polyneuropathy, most commonly characterized by inflammatory demyelination of peripheral nerves. Patients with GBS are considered higher risk for anesthetic-induced neurotoxicity caused by demyelination. In the present report, a case is described of a 56-year-old man with GBS who experienced mental and lingual nerve paresthesia following infiltration anesthesia for dental implant placement in the posterior mandible. The pareshesia lasted 5 months postoperatively and subsided spontaneously without any intervention. The patient was successfully restored with fixed partial dental prosthesis without any other complication. This is considered the first report of such complication in patient with GBS after local anesthesia in the oral and maxillofacial region. Possible pathogenic mechanism of the complication and clinical implications are discussed.

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Postoperative CBCT image.


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Figure 2.

Area of lip numbness marked after nociceptive testing.


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