Question 58 (part 2) · LDEK · Complications of anesthesia

Administering anesthetic into the retromandibular space may cause:

  1. A. maxillary artery injury.
  2. B. inferior alveolar artery injury.
  3. C. pterygoid plexus injury.
  4. D. anesthesia of III branch of trigeminal nerve’s trunk.
  5. E. temporary facial nerve paralysis.
Hint

Consider which gland and which nerve occupy the space behind the mandibular ramus that a too-posterior needle may enter.

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