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1Clinical and Diagnostic Oral Sciences Dental Institute, Barts and the London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, Turner Street, London E1 2AD, UK.
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Careful history-taking improves diagnosis of non-dental orofacial pain, a not uncommon group of conditions. Accurate diagnosis of conditions such as chronic idiopathic facial pain, temporomandibular disorders, burning mouth syndrome and trigeminal neuralgia is essential if inappropriate dental treatment is to be avoided. There are few investigations to help in the diagnostic process and many of these patients have other forms of chronic pain. All the conditions are best treated using a holistic approach. Drugs, such as tricyclic antidepressants and anticonvulsants, are often effective and surgery can be highly successfully in trigeminal neuralgia. Patient education is paramount.
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Although the majority of pain seen in general dental practice is dental in origin, chronic non-dental orofacial pain must be recognized as its management is entirely different.
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