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The preferred terms in medical publications is to an extent influenced by geographic location. For example, in the United Kingdom, the term 'pain dysfunction syndrome' is in common use. [18] In the United States, the term 'temporomandibular disorder' is generally favored.
swelling Greek οἴδημα (oídēma), swelling lymphedema, lipedema-emesis: vomiting condition Greek ἕμεσις (hémesis) hematemesis-emia: blood condition (Am. Engl.) Greek αἷμα (haîma), "blood" anemia: encephal(o)-of or pertaining to the brain; see also cerebro-Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos), the brain encephalogram: endo-
Headache or facial pain, as in the descriptive former term "neuralgia-inducing" (cavitational osteonecrosis). Fibromyalgia. Chronic fatigue syndrome. Swelling. External swelling is initially due to inflammatory edema with accompanying erythema (redness), heat and tenderness, and then later may be due to sub-periosteal pus accumulation ...
Pain or dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint is referred to as temporomandibular joint dysfunction or temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD). This term is used to refer to a group of problems involving the temporomandibular joints and the muscles, tendons, ligaments, blood vessels, and other tissues associated with them.
Idiopathic osteosclerosis, also known as enostosis or dense bone island, is a condition which may be found around the roots of a tooth, usually a premolar or molar. [2] It is usually painless and found during routine radiographs as an amorphous radiopaque (light) area around a tooth.
The most common location of dry socket: in the socket of an extracted mandibular third molar (wisdom tooth). Since alveolar osteitis is not primarily an infection, there is not usually any pyrexia (fever) or cervical lymphadenitis (swollen glands in the neck), and only minimal edema (swelling) and erythema (redness) is present in the soft tissues surrounding the socket.
Orofacial pain is the specialty of dentistry that encompasses the diagnosis, management and treatment of pain disorders of the jaw, mouth, face and associated regions. These disorders as they relate to orofacial pain include but are not limited to temporomandibular muscle and joint (TMJ) disorders, jaw movement disorders, neuropathic and ...
No pain: Well localized: Usually well localized: Well localized, associated with partially impacted tooth: Diffuse, often over many muscles: Back teeth top jaw Onset: Gradual: Variable: Variable: From pain of reversible pulpitis to no pain in days: Gradual, typically follows weeks of thermal pain in tooth: Sudden, no episode of thermal ...