TABLE 2.
List of orofacial adverse effects of BNT162b2 (Pfizer‐BioNTech) and mRNA‐1273 (Moderna) vaccines as reported in the information to healthcare providers a
Vaccine | Country/region | Reported orofacial adverse effects |
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BNT162b2 | United States | Bell's palsy (facial paralysis) |
mRNA‐1273 | United States | Bell's palsy, facial swelling (vaccine recipients with a history of injection of dermatological filler) |
BNT162b2 | Canada | None |
mRNA‐1273 | Canada | Facial swelling |
BNT162b2 | EU | Rare: acute peripheral facial paralysis |
mRNA‐1273 | EU | Rare: acute peripheral facial paralysis; facial swelling |
BNT162b2 | United Kingdom | Rare: acute peripheral facial paralysis |
mRNA‐1273 | United Kingdom | Rare: facial paralysis; swelling of the face (in patients who have had facial cosmetic injections) |
Severe allergic reactions were reported for all drugs without explicitly reporting orofacial symptoms such as swelling of the face or tongue.