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<p>Toothache of non-odontogenic origin: a case report<br>Major Shawn P. McMahon, DC, USAF, Commander Istvan A. Hargitai, DC, USN, Lieutenant Commander Frederick J. Rumford IV, DC, USN and Captain Terry D. Webb, DC, USN<br><br>Introduction<br>Patients with dental pain can often localize the area of their pain, the so-called pain site. Frequently, the pain site is also the pain source. However, there are many conditions in which the pain site and source are not the same. Mimickers of tooth pain are many and are not uncommon in the maxillofacial area; Von Korff found that 12% of a large study population reported facial pain within a six month period (1). Due to extensive neural convergence of first order neurons in the head and neck, the somatosensory cortex may have a vague, diffuse sense of location or can completely misidentify the pain source (2). The purpose of this Clinical Update is to differentiate odontogenic from non-odontogenic pain utilizing a case report.
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<br>Subjects: Toothache</div>
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U.S. Navy. Naval Postgraduate Dental School</div>
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