title: Assessment of a patient with orofacial pain.
abstract: Pain is the commonest complaint that brings a patient to a dentist. Most pain is acute, rapidly diagnosed and managed. However, more chronic pain must be more carefully evaluated if it is to be managed successfully. This paper proposes a systematic approach to the taking of a pain history and gives a short differential diagnosis of facial pain of non-dental origin.
authors.affiliation: Oral Medicine Department, St Bartholomew's.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Zakrzewska
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods