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jaw pain
Etiology:
1) jaw injury, broken jaw
2) temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ syndrome)
3) jaw arthritis
4) jaw alignment disorder
5) bruxism
6) sinusitis
7) toothache
8) salivary gland disease
a) suppurative parotitis
b) sialoadenitis
9) Caffey's disease
10) dental surgery
a) wisdom tooth extraction
b) acute post-extraction osteitis
11) dental caries
12) dental abscess
13) jaw tumor
14) jaw cyst
15) rheumatoid arthritis
16) osteoarthritis
17) septic arthritis (see joint pain)
18) teeth clenching
19) Herpes zoster
20) migraine
21) referred pain from myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction
22) arthritis
23) head & neck cancer
24) hypocalcemic tetany
25) temporal arteritis
26) temporomandibular joint syndrome
27) tetanus
29) trigeminal neuralgia
30) osteonecrosis of the jaw
Laboratory:
- Complete blood count (CBC), if infection is suspected
- serum Calcium, serum phosphate, serum alkaline phosphatase, for possible bone disease
- serum Uric acid if gout is suspected
- Serum creatine and serum creatine kinase, indicators of muscle disease
- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate if temporal arteritis is suspected
- Rheumatoid factor if rheumatoid arthritis is suspected.
Radiology:
- Plain radiography;
- intraoral x-rays
- panoramic (panorex) x-rays providing a full view of the upper & lower jaws, teeth, TMJs, & sinuses)
Related
facial pain
jaw
oral pain
General
pain [odyn-]
References
- wrongdiagnosis.com: jaw pain
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/jaw_pain.htm
- Tsai V, Diamond HA
Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Syndrome
Medscape. March 21 2024
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/809598-overview