title: Case report of trigeminal neuralgia presenting as odontalgia.
abstract: A case of trigeminal neuralgia presenting as odontalgia in a 47-year-old female is described. This case shows the difficulty of making a correct diagnosis and how patients can be subjected to unnecessary treatment and continued suffering when a correct diagnosis is not made.
authors.affiliation: Native American Health Center in San Francisco.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Goddard
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014098:Toothache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis*