[Psychogenic pain sensations in teeth, mouth and jaws]

Pain is always a subjective experience. Therefore the term "psychogenic pain sensation" seems to be a pleonasm at first sight. In fact, however, the dentist's attention should not only be focussed on the removal of the objective causes of pain, but the fact itself, i.e. the patient's subjectivity, must be considered, too. Unless this is done, the results are serious diagnostic and therapeutic errors.