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Bilateral benign paroxysmal positional vertigo following a tooth implantation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Daniel M. Kaplan ,
Uriel Attal  and
Mordechai Kraus
Daniel M. Kaplan
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Soroka University Medical Center, Israel.
Uriel Attal
Affiliation:
The Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Mordechai Kraus
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Soroka University Medical Center, Israel.
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Abstract

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a common cause of vertigo and may occur following recent head trauma. Bilateral involvement in BPPV is considered rare and has received little attention in the medical literature. We describe an unusual case of bilateral BPPV in a middle-aged woman that presented during a dental implantation, performed with the use of osteotomes. We discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic challenge of this entity.

Keywords

VertigoDentistry, Operative
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 117 , Issue 4 , April 2003 , pp. 312 - 313
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2003

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