Accidental Injection of EDTA Instead of Anesthesia Solution during Root Canal Treatment: Case Report

Abstract

Background/Aim: Many irrigation solutions are used during root canal treatment. It is unacceptable to confuse irrigation solutions with anesthetic solution and inadvertently inject the patient. After such an error, local and systemic serious complications can be seen in the patient. The purpose of this case report is to show how careless use of etilendiamin tetraacedic acid (EDTA) can result in important complications, and offer some treatment methods for curing symptoms resulting from such complications.

Keywords

• accident
• endodontics
• ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
• local anesthesia
• surgery