Neuropathy Mimicking Dental Pain in a Patient Diagnosed with Lyme Disease

This report documents the case of a patient who developed neuropathy that presented as dental pain and was later diagnosed with Lyme disease. A healthy female patient presented to the endodontist with toothache symptoms. Her symptoms included intense pain in the left mandible irradiating into the temporalis area and through her neck and tingling on the lower left lip and left side of her tongue. She also reported feeling of sweats and chills the night before, as well as an altered sensation in her shoulder and arm.
Source: Journal of Endodontics - Category: Dentistry Authors: Tags: Case Report/Clinical Techniques Source Type: research