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2023 Jan


Dent Clin North Am


67


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Persistent Idiopathic Dentoalveolar Pain: Is It a Central Pain Disorder?

Authors

Heir GM, Ananthan S, Kalladka M, Kuchukulla M, Renton T
Dent Clin North Am. 2023 Jan; 67(1):71-83.
PMID: 36404082.

Abstract

The International Classification of Orofacial Pain (ICOP) describes idiopathic pain as "unilateral or bilateral intraoral or facial pain in the distribution(s) of one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve(s) for which the etiology is unknown. Pain is usually persistent, of moderate intensity, poorly localized and described as dull, pressing or of burning character." Several diagnoses are included in the ICOP Idiopathic pain section, burning mouth syndrome and persistent idiopathic facial and dentoalveolar pain. This article, with a representative case presentation, briefly discusses common features that may lead to a common central cause for a variety of peripheral complaints.