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Orofacial pain of cardiac origin: a case report
Braz C Durso1, Monica S Israel, Maria Elisa R Janini
1Stomatology Post Graduate Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. patologiabucal@yahoo.com.br
Abstract:
It is the responsibility of the dentist to make the differential diagnosis of pain in the region of the oral cavity. Cardiac pain most commonly radiates to the left arm, shoulder, neck and face. In rare instances the pain may present as dental pain. In this case report, the patient presented with complaints of intense bilateral pain in the jaws which was diagnosed as pain of cardiac origin.