Evaluation of Ocular Complications in Intraoral Local Anesthesia

Background: The most significant medications in dentistry are local anesthetics, and intraoral local anesthesia is arguably the most used dental procedure. However, complications have also been reported. Aim: Evaluation of ocular complications in intraoral anesthesia. Materials and Methods: It was a...

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Main Authors: Rameet Sandhu (Author), Vikas Sikarwar (Author), Sushil Ojha (Author), Dushyant Upadhyay (Author), Anshdeep Singh (Author), Shweta Sharma (Author)
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Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Background: The most significant medications in dentistry are local anesthetics, and intraoral local anesthesia is arguably the most used dental procedure. However, complications have also been reported. Aim: Evaluation of ocular complications in intraoral anesthesia. Materials and Methods: It was a prospective study involving 2,400 patients undergoing different dental procedures that were performed under intraoral local anesthesia over a 12-month period. There was a thorough ocular evaluation of all patients by ophthalmologist before and after the administration of intraoral local anesthesia. Results: There were different types of ocular complications reported including accommodation disturbance, amaurosis, diplopia, enophthalmos, miosis, mydriasis, ophthalmoplegia, and ptosis. The most common ocular complication was diplopia contributing 40.1% of all ocular complications. It was followed by ptosis (16.9%), mydriasis (14.9%), and amaourosis (13.2%). Conclusion: The most common ocular complication in intraoral local anesthesia was diplopia.
Item Description:0976-4879
0975-7406
10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_76_24