Referred dental pain

Avcu N., Gorduysus M., Gorduysus M.

PAIN CLINIC, vol.15, no.2, pp.173-178, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 15 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Doi Number: 10.1163/156856903321579307
  • Journal Name: PAIN CLINIC
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.173-178
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

735 male and female patients suffering from dental and orofacial pain were examined. Pain was referred in 94 (12.78%). Most of the referred pain Cases had sinusitis or pathologies of the adjacent teeth. Pain relief was obtained in 78.7% of the subjects with referred pain following the treatment of the primary pathology.