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ISSN (Print) 1013-9052
EISSN 1658-3558
The Saudi Dental Journal,
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Mental nerve neuropathy in sickle cell disease: report of five cases
Dhaif Ghassan, B.D.S., F.F.D.R.C.S.I, Amal Al Sammak, B.D.S, MSC,
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Saimaniya Medical Center, PO Box 12, Manama, Bahrain.
Several genetic abnormalities and clinical problems are associated with sickle cell disease, particularly mental nerve neuropathy. These abnormalities are exemplified in the five cases in this report. The five cases focused on two patients who were presented before dental extraction, one patient after teeth extraction, one patient following Caesarian section and the last one with idiopathic numbness. Conservative and supportive management seemed to be the only treatment protocol employed. It was concluded that mental nerve neuropathy, although uncommon, can occur before or after tooth extraction in sickle cell diseased patients as a part of the vaso-occlusive phenomenon.
Saudi Dental Journal 1998;10(3):123-127.
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