KROK 1 Stomatology 2016 – Question 51 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 67-year-old patient has ordered a full functional denture. It was necessary to extract the left upper canine. After infraorbital anesthesia the patient presented with a progressing hematoma in the frontal part of the face. The patient was found to have an injury of an artery that is the branch of:
- A. A. facialis
- B. A. maxillaris
- C. A. labialis superior
- D. A. temporalis superficialis
- E. A. ophthalmica
Hint
Identify the artery that accompanies the nerve blocked at the infraorbital foramen and recall which vessel it branches from.
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