Classificaition of orofacial pain

Today orofacial pain is a stumbling block for many specialists dealing with the pathology of the maxillofacial area.

Due to the specifics of their work, dentists are forced to be among the first to face its symptoms in patients who come to them for a dental treatment. Often this pain appears even after objectively successful dental treatment. In order to maintain the reputation of the doctor and the clinic, it is necessary to reveal orofacial pain in time.

The most important thing is to make a differential diagnosis and choose the right treatment plan based on the evidence-based methods that will be described in this course.

You will learn to carry out a differential diagnostics between neurogenic and odontogenic pain, observe a patient correctly, create treatment plans, including drug therapy, and also be able to explain to the patient what is actually the cause of his suffer.

– Classification of pain:

- Nociceptive

- Inflammatory

- Neuropathic

- Dysfunctional.

– The origin of pain

– Classification of orofacial pains

– Differential diagnosis of pain: rules for collecting anamnesis

– Characteristics of somatic and neuropathic pain

– Psychological components of pain

– Planning the treatment of orofacial pain.

Recommended for: Functional dentists.