Covadonga Alvarez Abad
Inferior alveolar nerve paraesthesia has been widely reported in the literature, which mainly focusses on surgical procedures (orthognathic surgery, extractions, etc.), tumor’s (compression and removal), neuropathies, endodontic therapy, etc. However, due to the nature of its presentation, only a small number of clinical cases have been directly linked with orthodontic treatment. For this reason and due to the difficulties of differential diagnosis that the clinician may encounter when attempting to verify this assumption, we have conducted a brief review of this phenomenon. The symptoms and signs that accompany this disorder are described and illustrated by means of a case study.
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