Paraesthesia Caused by the Separated Endodontic Instrument: Case Report

Mehmet Selcuk Ozbek^1, , Suleyman Kaman² and Kemal Ozgur Demiralp³

¹Department of Endodontics, Ministry of Health, Oral and Dental Health Hospital, Eskişehir, Turkey

²Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ministry of Health, Oral and Dental Health Hospital, Eskişehir, Turkey

³Ministry of Health, Public Hospitals Agency, Ankara, Turkey

Cite this paper:
Mehmet Selcuk Ozbek, Suleyman Kaman and Kemal Ozgur Demiralp. Paraesthesia Caused by the Separated Endodontic Instrument: Case Report. International Journal of Dental Sciences and Research. 2016; 4(2):17-19. doi: 10.12691/ijdsr-4-2-1

Abstract

In endodontics, separated endodontic instruments located in the mandibular canal may cause an injury of the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) resulting in disabling sensory disturbances such as pain, paraesthesia, and dysaesthesia of the lower lip and chin area. In clinically paraesthesia usually manifests as numbness, tingling or any deviation from normal sensation. The suggested therapeutic sequence for endodontic related paraesthesia is the control of pain and inflammation and, whenever possible, the surgical elimination of the cause. A healthy 33-year-old woman was referred to the Department of Endodontics, Oral and Dental Healthy Hospital, Eskişehir suffering from pain and paraesthesia in the left lower lip and chin. Radiographic examination revealed the presence of a separated endodontic instrument beyond the apex of the mandibular left second molar and this instrument was inside the left mandibular canal. Damage to the IAN secondary to extrusion of a separated endodontic instrument was diagnosed. Extraction of the tooth was decided and after prednisone and pregabalin treatments both pain and paraesthesia on the left side of the lower lip and chin were gone.

Keywords:
separated endodontic instrument inferior alveolar nerve pregabalin

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