DESCRIPTION:
Diagnosing Dental and Orofacial Pain: A Clinical Manual approaches a complex topic in a uniquely practical way. This text offers valuable advice on ways to observe and communicate effectively with patients in pain, how to analyze a patients"" pain descriptions, and how to provide a proper diagnosis of orofacial pain problems that can arise from a myriad of sources anywhere from teeth, joint and muscle pain, and paranasal sinuses to cluster headaches, neuralgias, neuropathic pain and viral infections.

- Helps the student and practitioner understand the diagnostic process by addressing the exact questions that need to be asked and then analyzing verbal and non-verbal responses to these
- Edited by experts with decades of clinical and teaching experience, and with contributions from international specialists
- Companion website provides additional learning materials including videos, case studies and further practical tips for examination and diagnosis
- Includes numerous color photographs and illustrations throughout to enhance text clarity

CONTENTS:
1. Introduction
2. The Art of Listening - Communicating Effectively with a Patient in Pain
3. Causes of Pain in the Orofacial Region
4. Gathering Information for an Accurate Pain Diagnosis
5. Analyzing Patients in Pain - Describing Pain and the Importance of Descriptors
6. Analyzing Patients in Pain - Observing Patients in Pain
7. Analyzing Patients in Pain - Associations with Cold and Heat
8. Analyzing Pain Descriptions - Pain on Biting or Eating and Other Considerations
9. Analyzing Pain Descriptions - Time Analysis and the Diagnosis of Orofacial Pain
10. Analyzing Pain Descriptions - Factors Influencing the Pain
11. Tests and Testing
12. Diagnosing Dental Pain
13. Diagnosing Cracked (Crown Fractured) Teeth
14. Diagnosing Joint and Muscle Pains
15. Diagnosing Pain Referral from Neck and Shoulders
16. Diagnosing Pain from the Sinuses
17. Diagnosing Tension Headaches and Migraine
18. Diagnosing Cluster Headaches
19. Diagnosing Trigeminal Neuralgia
20. Viruses as a Cause of Orofacial Pain
21. Vascular Causes of Headaches
22. Diagnosing Neuropathic Orofacial Pain
23. Referral Strategies for Orofacial Pain Cases