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Secondary Dental Pain and Facial Pain Due to Pansinusitis : A Case Report  

Kim, Nam-Koo (Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University)
Auh, Q-Schick (Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University)
Chun, Yang-Hyun (Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University)
Hong, Jung-Pyo (Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University)
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Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain / v.32, no.3, 2007 , pp. 329-336 More about this Journal
Abstract
Toothache is a common complaint in the dental office. Most toothaches have their origin in the pulpal tissues or periodontal structures1). These odontogenic pains are managed well and predictably by dental therapies. One of the most frequent encounters and most confusing phenomena with which the dental diagnostician must deal is the problem of referred pain. The most important step toward proper management of a toothache is to consider that the pain may not be of dental origin. And Patients with orofacial pain, especially those in chronic pain, present a diagnostic and management challenge for the practitioners. There are many structures in the head and neck that can produce heterotopic pains felt in the teeth and other structures. Once referred pain is suspected, the true source of the pain must be located in order to render effective therapy. With increased interest in temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain, many studies of accurate diagnosis and differential diagnosis about orofacial pain have been established. The purpose of this paper is to present a case for pansinusitis which produced pain referral in teeth and mimicked the symptoms of migraine.
Keywords
Secondary dental pain; Referred pain; Facial pain; Pansinusitis; MRI;
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