\n\t Decreased sensation and numbness (paresthesia) of the jaw are associated with impaired function of the trigeminal nerve due to inflammation or damage. Patients may experience minor discomfort or severe difficulties with speech and chewing. More often, patients complain of numbness of the lower jaw, although similar symptoms occur in the upper jaw.<\/p>\n
\n\t To understand why the jaw goes numb, a comprehensive examination will help. The causes of such a condition are different – from a side effect after dental treatment, to a serious neurological disease. Paresthesia usually extends to part of the tongue, lips, chin, gum, accompanied by pain, burning, discomfort.<\/p>\n
\n\t If numbness occurred after dental intervention, you should contact the doctor who performed the procedure to prescribe the correct therapy. With a minor nerve injury, paresthesia passes on its own, but with prolonged numbness, serious damage will require long-term treatment.<\/p>\n
\n\t Factors that can cause this symptomatology are quite a lot. Among the main causes:<\/p>\n
\n\t In addition to dental pathologies, facial skull trauma, numbness and neuritis can occur against the background of frequent migraines, hypertensive crises, circulatory disorders, tumor, osteochondrosis of the cervical region, infectious disease, vitamin B deficiency.<\/p>\n
\n\t The clinical picture depends on the reasons for which the jaw is numb. It can be a slight discomfort, slight tingling, burning, a feeling of running goosebumps. Additionally, the following symptomatology may occur:<\/p>\n
\n\t Symptoms manifest themselves in different ways. Numbness of the teeth of the lower jaw and chin, tongue, lips can be constant or have an attack-like character, cover the entire jaw or a small part of it, manifest itself with greater or lesser intensity.<\/p>\n
\n\t One of the complications of mandibular implants is the risk of damage to the mandibular nerve. This can occur if the doctor calculated the size of the implants based on orthopantomogram (OPTG) data rather than 3d tomography. As a result, the walls of the mandibular canal are damaged during insertion, a hematoma is formed, the nerve is pinched. Decreased sensitivity of the innervation zone persists for 2-3 weeks<\/i>, until the hematoma disappears.<\/p>\n
\n\t Numbness of the mandible after implantation is a frequent complication for patients with osteoporosis. In this case, the alveolar wall may be defective or absent. Nerve compression occurs due to hemorrhage into the medullary space, tissue edema. Paresthesia occurs the day after the intervention, persists for about 7-10 days<\/i>. If sensitivity is not restored, the implant is removed, complex treatment is carried out.<\/p>\n
\n\t Numbness of the teeth of the upper jaw after implantation is less common. Innervation of the maxillary structures is performed by three groups of branches of the facial nerve. Such a structure is quite difficult to damage. Loss of sensitivity of the upper lip, part of the cheek can occur with damage to the alveolar branches or dental plexus in conjunction with perforation of the bottom of the maxillary sinus.<\/p>\n
\n\t Complex tooth extraction with a developed or deformed root system is always accompanied by the risk of damage to a branch or the bulbous plexus of the trigeminal (facial) nerve. The probability of such a complication is especially high when extracting third molars (wisdom teeth). Numbness of the jaw after wisdom tooth extraction may persist from several weeks to several months. If unpleasant symptoms persist for longer than 10-14 days<\/i>, you should contact the dentist who performed the extraction.<\/p>\n
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