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What is aytipical facial pain and the symptoms please?

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Dr. Gary Sandler answered

Specializes in Dentistry

Not typical : Atypical facial pain is an unrecognized and unhelpful diagnosis but one which describes chronic pains that do not fit the present classification system. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology_neurosurgery/specialty_areas/headache/conditions/atypical_facial_pain.html or http://en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/atypical_facial_pain.

Answered 5/4/2015

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Dr. John Van der Werff answered

Specializes in Dentistry

Neuro disorder: It is a neurological disorder. There are no sores in the mouth. It is typically continuous pain that can feel like a tooth ache with no signs of a tooth problem.. It can also seem like a muscle pain. It is best diagnosed and treated with the help of an orofacial pain specialist who can rule-out other things that can feel like atypical facial pain.

Answered 3/21/2015

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Dr. Louis Gallia answered

Specializes in Surgery - Oral & Maxillofacial

Definition: Atypical Facial Pain (AFP, also termed atypical facial neuralgia,[1] chronic idiopathic facial pain,[2] or psychogenic facial pain),[3] is a type of chronic facial pain which does not fulfill any other diagnosis. Best explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atypical_facial_pain. See TMJ-orofacial pain doc for management.

Answered 5/4/2015

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