Referred dental pain – It hurts but where? This is the fifth in a series of 7 posts about orofacial pain with difficult to diagnosis or unusual origin. Cracked tooth syndrome Trigeminal neuralgia Atypical odontalgia Neuralgia-inducing cavitational osteonecrosis or NICO Referred pain JADA Murray Sept 2009 Myofascial pain Burning Mouth Syndrome Referred dental pain Etiology […]
Try an Orofacial pain fellow Remember TMJ/TMD is a condition that has to be managed and is very rarely in need of reversible treatment. There are many doctors offering extensive and expensive “fixes” for TMJ issues. Be very aware that the peer-reviewed evidence is clear about what the treatment should be, can find here. Many […]
Orofacial pain experts Orofacial pain experts are a newer sub-specialty that treat chronic pain patients without the dental blinders. I have great respect for those that have training through a University program as they are almost always more in line with how the medical field treats chronic pain. Orofacial pain professional organization The American Academy […]
