CogprintsNumbness of the ear following inferior alveolar nerve block: the forgotten complicationW.C.NgeowauthorW. L.ChaiauthorThis article presents a distant complication in the auricle following the administration of a standard inferior alveolar nerve block. The patient experienced profound numbness of the auricle on the ipsilateral side of the injection that lasted for about an hour following unintended injection to the auriculotemporal nerve.JOURNALSOnline Journal of Health and Allied Sciences2009-07NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, MACMILLAN BUILDING, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLANDJournal (Paginated)

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