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. 2021 Feb 19;50(4):424–427. doi: 10.1111/jop.13165

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
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)
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Severe allergic reactions were reported for all drugs without explicitly reporting orofacial symptoms such as swelling of the face or tongue.