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Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo after dental surgery.

Chiarella G, Leopardi G, De Fazio L, Chiarella R, Cassandro E

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine “G. Salvatore”, Audiology and Phoniatrics Unit, Regional Center for Cochlear Implants and ENT Diseases, Catanzaro, c/o Campus Universitario Germaneto, “Magna Graecia” University, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy, pinochiarella@tiscali.it.

We investigated the relationship between dental and maxillofacial surgery and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). BPPV represents the most frequent cause of vertigo of labyrinthine origin. BPPV has been reported following surgical trauma from various surgical interventions, regarding anatomical site and technical execution. A surgical origin is, in many cases, supported by the temporal relation to the surgical intervention as well as by the clinical picture. We considered eight BPPV cases of suspected iatrogenic origin focusing our attention on dental surgery with particular reference to surgical extraction of included teeth through rotating tools. The cases taken into account had no other inner ear disease and BPPV risk indicator. We conclude that dental surgery is a risk factor for BPPV.

Published 20 November 2007 in Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol, 265(1): 119-122.
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