Dysaesthesia in the mental nerve distribution triggered by a foreign body: a case report

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Case Report

Dysaesthesia in the mental nerve distribution triggered by a foreign body: a case report

Panagiotis Kafas¹ , Tahwinder Upile²^,3 , Nikolaos Angouridakis⁴ , Christos Stavrianos⁵ , Nikolaos Dabarakis¹ and Waseem Jerjes²^,3^,6

¹Department of Oral Surgery and Radiology, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University, Thessalonica, Greece

²Head and Neck Centre, University College London Hospital, UK

³Department of Surgery, University College London Medical School, UK

⁴Department of ENT, School of Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessalonica, Greece

⁵Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University, Thessalonica, Greece

⁶Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, UK

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Cases Journal 2009, 2:169doi:10.1186/1757-1626-2-169


Published:	28 October 2009

Abstract

Introduction

Foreign bodies' entrapments in the mandibular and submandibular regions are quite common.

Case presentation

We report an unusual case of foreign body (amalgam filling) entrapment over the mental foramen causing dysaesthesia in the distribution of the mental nerve. An interesting sign was blue discoloration of the overlaying oral mucosa which was interpreted as amalgam tattooing.

Conclusion

Surgical removal of the foreign object eliminated the reported symptoms.