The medical management of facial pain.
The management of patients with facial pain tends to be dictated by the specialist to whom the patient present. This paper reviews the various factors associated with pain development, examines the available treatments and concludes that conservative management including medication and counselling are the most appropriate treatment for patients with chronic facial pain.
D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis
D000929:Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic