This article aims to provide the practitioner with therapeutic options to treat a broad spectrum of acute and chronic orofacial pain syndromes. The focus will be nonsurgical that the oral health care Show more
This article aims to provide the practitioner with therapeutic options to treat a broad spectrum of acute and chronic orofacial pain syndromes. The focus will be nonsurgical that the oral health care physician can implement to treat this population of patients. The World Health Organization estimated that more than 1 in every 3 people suffers from acute or chronic pain. This article is primarily devoted to medication management once the diagnosis of neuropathic pain, a true trigeminal neuralgia, or a variant of trigeminal neuralgia often referred to as traumatic neuropathic pain or traumatic trigeminal neuralgia. Show less
The US Surgeon General's report Oral Health in America highlighted ways in which oral health and systemic conditions are associated with each other. An oral examination can reveal signs and symptoms a Show more
The US Surgeon General's report Oral Health in America highlighted ways in which oral health and systemic conditions are associated with each other. An oral examination can reveal signs and symptoms associated with systemic diseases. In this article, multiple systemic diseases including but not limited to viral and immune modulated conditions and associated oral symptoms are discussed. Show less