Diagnosing Dental and Orofacial Pain - A Clinical Manual

Know the right questions to ask when a patient comes to you in pain§§Orofacial Pain approaches a complex topic in a uniquely practical way. It stems from the philosophy that to diagnose orofacial pain properly, a clinician needs not only to be thoroughly conversant with the particular pain states that can exist, but also know the questions to ask a patient who presents with such pain, and the confirmatory testing that then need to be carried out to confirm the diagnosis. It aims at helping the student and practitioner understand this diagnostic process, not by describing the various painful conditions, but by addressing the exact questions that need to be asked and by analyzing verbal and not verbal responses to these.§The Manual provides:§§- Hundreds of full-colour images to support the text§§- A companion website with additional case studies and further tips on examination and diagnosis§§- Contributions from international experts in the field of orofacial pain§§Based on decades of teaching experience, Orofacial Pain is an ideal teaching manual for both dental and medical undergraduate and postgraduate students, but will equally serve as a reference handbook for dental, medical and allied health practitioners who are confronted with patients suffering a wide range of dental and orofacial pain problems.