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Research Article| Volume 48, ISSUE 1, P29-32, July 1979

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Trismus after injection of local anesthetic

  • Jeffrey Stone
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    Boston, Mass. USA
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  • Leonard B. Kaban
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    Reprint requests to: Dr. Leonard B. Kaban Peter Bent Brigham Hospital 721 Huntington Ave. Boston, Mass. 02115
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    Boston, Mass. USA
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    ∗ Formerly Senior Resident in Oral Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Clinical Fellow in Plastic Surgery, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital; at present Assistant Professor of Oral Surgery, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
    ∗∗ Assistant Professor of Oral Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and Associate in Surgery, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Children's Hospital Medical Center.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(79)90231-7
Trismus after injection of local anesthetic
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      Abstract

      Persistent pain at the site of injection is the most common complication of local anesthesia in the oral cavity. The complication of trismus after local anesthetic injection is rare and may be prevented by the use of short needles for maxillary posterior injections, and by the avoidance of multiple injections in a short period of time. Once trismus develops, its progression to chronic hypomobility and fibrous ankylosis may be prevented by the early institution of treatment consisting of heat, analgesics, muscle relaxants, and exercises.
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      ☆This work was supported in part by the Brigham Surgical Group Foundation, Inc.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(79)90231-7

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