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Diagnosis and treatment considerations of atypical oral pain in tuberous sclerosis

Diagnosis and management of non-specific, atypical, and non-dental pain are challenging. We hereby report a case of a 23-year-old female who presented with a complaint of intermittent dull ache over her lower front anterior teeth with no radiographic findings. She was diagnosed after history, imagin...

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Autores principales: Goyal, Lata, Agarwal, Padmanidhi, Reddy, Gosla S., Jain, Kanav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7346911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32670978
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1213_19
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description Diagnosis and management of non-specific, atypical, and non-dental pain are challenging. We hereby report a case of a 23-year-old female who presented with a complaint of intermittent dull ache over her lower front anterior teeth with no radiographic findings. She was diagnosed after history, imaging, and neurology consultation and treated conservatively with complete remission of symptoms. Proper history and counseling are mandatory for all patients. It is important to recognize patients with underlying neurological conditions and take adequate interdepartmental consultation before labeling complaints psychogenic or carrying out unwarranted dental treatment.
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spelling pubmed-73469112020-07-14 Diagnosis and treatment considerations of atypical oral pain in tuberous sclerosis Goyal, Lata Agarwal, Padmanidhi Reddy, Gosla S. Jain, Kanav J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Diagnosis and management of non-specific, atypical, and non-dental pain are challenging. We hereby report a case of a 23-year-old female who presented with a complaint of intermittent dull ache over her lower front anterior teeth with no radiographic findings. She was diagnosed after history, imaging, and neurology consultation and treated conservatively with complete remission of symptoms. Proper history and counseling are mandatory for all patients. It is important to recognize patients with underlying neurological conditions and take adequate interdepartmental consultation before labeling complaints psychogenic or carrying out unwarranted dental treatment. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7346911/ /pubmed/32670978 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1213_19 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Diagnosis and treatment considerations of atypical oral pain in tuberous sclerosis
title_sort diagnosis and treatment considerations of atypical oral pain in tuberous sclerosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7346911/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1213_19
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