Oral facial pain

Used for

dental pain, dentalgia, odontalgia, orofacial pain, toothache

Broader Terms

pain

Narrower Terms

trigeminal neuralgia

Related Terms

dental disorder, dentistry, temporomandibular joint syndrome

Scope Note

pain in the oral and/or facial regions; associated conditions include local inflammatory and neoplastic disorders and neuralgic syndromes involving the trigeminal, facial, and glossopharyngeal nerves.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Oral facial pain is associated with depression.
• Most of the research has focused on a few conditions: tooth loss, craniofacial birth defects, oral-facial pain, and oral cancer.
• Uyanik, DDS Director Diplomate, American Board of Oral Facial Pain The recently established Center for Oral, Facial and Head Pain offers a unique, interdisciplinary approach to the diagnosis, management, and treatment of acute and chronic oral, facial and health pain.
• Fortunately, much research in animals and humans has resulted in means for effectively controlling acute oral-facial pain, by routine dental treatment, local anaesthetic injection or analgesic drugs.
• Part II- Classification and Fundamentals of Diagnosis of Oral-Facial Pain Weeks 3-5 A series of three to four lectures dealing with the principal sources of dental/oral-facial pain including.
• Part II Oral Facial Pain: Advanced Diagnosis October 20-22, 2005 Henry Gremillion, D.