Shoulder pain relieved by root canal.
The authors report a 73-year-old man with moderately severe shoulder pain of 6 months' duration. The pain resolved suddenly and completely with root canal in a premolar tooth ipsilateral to the shoulder, and the patient has remained pain-free over the ensuing 6 months.
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Department of Neurology, New York University Medical Center, NY, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000294:innervation / Q000382:microbiology; D003786:Dental Pulp Cavity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012782:Shoulder; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000382:microbiology