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Facial Pain of Dental Origin ‐ A Review for Physicians
Author(s) -
Heir Gary M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1987.hed2710540.x
Subject(s) - masticatory force , medicine , facial pain , orthodontics , dentistry , multidisciplinary approach , maxilla , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , surgery , social science , botany , sociology , biology , genus
SYNOPSIS The diagnosis and treatment of facial pain is a multidisciplinary problem involving many areas of medicine and dentistry. Among the most common sources of this symptom are the dental structures. Facial pain of odontogenic and masticatory origin is often overlooked, perhaps because it is considered so obvious. The assumption that a patient enjoys good dental health may not always be true. Pain arising from not only the teeth and their supporting structures, but from the mandible, maxilla, the masticatory musculature and the temporomandibular joints, must also be considered during any examination of a facial pain patient. This paper considers pain of dental and craniomandibular origin. A discussion of techniques which the non‐dentalprofessional may use in evaluating this type of patient is included.