title: Lower lip numbness due to peri-radicular dental infection creator: Ngeow, Dr. W.C. subject: JOURNALS subject: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences description: Lower lip numbness has always been a sinister symptom. Much has been written about it being the sole symptom of pathological lesions and metastatic tumours in the mandible. It may also be a symptom of manifestations of certain systemic disorders. A case of lower lip numbness resulting from the compression of the mental nerve by a peri-radicular abscess is presented because of the unusual nature of this spread of infection. date: 1998-12 type: Journal (Paginated) type: PeerReviewed format: application/pdf identifier: http://cogprints.org/8182/1/Lower%20lip%20numbness%20due%20to%20peri-radicular%20dental%20infection.pdf identifier: Ngeow, Dr. W.C. (1998) Lower lip numbness due to peri-radicular dental infection. [Journal (Paginated)] relation: http://cogprints.org/8182/