Dental paraesthesia following intranasal surgery

Dental Paraesthesia following intranasal surgery is a definate but ignored and ill defined complication, although it is experienced by many patients. A prospective study of 325 patients who underwent various surgical procedures on the lateral wall of the nasal fossa revealed a complication of dental paraesthesia in 85 (26.16%) patients. It has also been observed that dental paraesthesia is related with the surgical procedure performed on the patients. Dental paraesthesia or pain may distribute from incisor, canine to molar region.The area affected by pain Paraesthesia appeares ot have definate anatomical basis.