Oral Health, U.S. 2002 Annual Report
Section 10: OROFACIAL PAIN
Orofacial pain is a relatively common symptom. Sources of orofacial pain include caries, periodontitis, neuropathic, and musculoskeletal conditions. Symptoms of pain may represent different phases of acute or chronic conditions. Based on NHIS data from 1989, survey participants representing 39 million adults reported experiencing at least one of five orofacial pain symptoms in the past 6 months: tooth pain, mouth sores, jaw joint pain, facial pain, and burning mouth (Lipton et al., 1993). Orofacial pain is often divided into two categories-chronic and acute. The National Center for Health Statistics generally uses a cutoff point of 3 months to distinguish between acute and chronic pain. Currently, there are no national data on orofacial pain for children. Data sources other than the 1989 NHIS include studies on a population of elderly adults (65+) living in 10 northern Florida counties (Riley et al., 1998); studies of adults 45 and older, also located in northern Florida (Gilbert et al., 1997); a survey of adults in Toronto (Locker & Grushka, 1987); and studies on temporomandibular joint disorder, or TMD, reviewed by LeResche (1997).
This section examines chronic and acute orofacial pain.
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