A lecturer from Faculty of Dentistry / University of Kerbala, Dr. Ali Abdul Hur, publishes a research in (The Open Dentistry Journal), in cooperation with a research team from universities of Kerbala and Kufa.
The research, which is entitled “The Correlation between Trigeminal Neuralgia and Local Anesthetics Neurotoxicity Associated with Acute Inflammation: A Cross-sectional,” aims at identifying causes of trigeminal nerve pain after dental fillings.
The study concludes that the pain is caused by a medical error that sometimes occurs as a result of incorrect use of local anesthesia in area of the inflamed tooth, which leads to burning and pain in trigeminal nerve.
It is noteworthy that The Open Dentistry Journal is Q3, with an impact factor of 1.3 in Clarivate classification and an impact factor of 2.1 in Scopus classification.
