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a Behavioural
Sciences and Dentistry, Eastman Dental Institute and Hospital, 256 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8LD, UK, b Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioural Sciences, University College London, UK, c 48 Riding House Street,
London W1N 8AA, UK
Correspondence to: G Madland gmadland{at}eastman.ucl.ac.uk
Received 19 December
2000 and in revised form 5 March 2001;
Accepted 7 March
2001
Atypical facial pain is an unrecognised and unhelpful diagnosis
but one which describes chronic pains that do not fit the present
classification system. Due to the site of the pain, patients may seek
and, indeed, receive treatment from dental practitioners and
specialists, but the pain is often unresponsive and may have more in
common with unexplained medical symptoms affecting other areas of the
body, than with other dental symptoms. This review suggests a need for
a diagnostic category of "chronic facial pain", which demands a
multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and management.
This article has been cited by other articles:
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  A.A. Elrasheed, H.V. Worthington, S. Ariyaratnam, and A.J. Duxbury Atypical Facial Pain: A Survey of Treatment in the Manchester Area (UK) Health Education Journal, January 1, 2004; 63(2): 170 - 188. [Abstract] [PDF]
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