{"id":5746,"date":"2011-04-26T02:00:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T06:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/?p=5746"},"modified":"2013-05-27T00:56:33","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T04:56:33","slug":"lip-numbness-facial-trauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2011\/04\/lip-numbness-facial-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower Lip Numbness in Facial Trauma"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lower lip numbness in facial trauma is highly suspicious for inferior alveolar nerve damage caused by a fracture to the angle or body of the mandible.<\/p>\n
The distribution of this injury is around 25% for both angle and body fractures.<\/p>\n