British dental journal
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British dental journal · Jan 2014
Case ReportsTransient facial nerve paralysis (Bell's palsy) following administration of hepatitis B recombinant vaccine: a case report.
Bell's palsy is the sudden onset of unilateral transient paralysis of facial muscles resulting from dysfunction of the seventh cranial nerve. Presented here is a 26-year-old female patient with right lower motor neurone facial palsy following hepatitis B vaccination. Readers' attention is drawn to an uncommon cause of Bell's palsy, as a possible rare complication of hepatitis B vaccination, and steps taken to manage such a presentation.