Patients with persistent idiopathic dentoalveolar pain in dental practice.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To assess whether persistent idiopathic dentoalveolar pain (PIDAP), a diagnosis of exclusion, exhibits common features that can facilitate its diagnosis. PIDAP is defined by the International Classification of Orofacial Pain (ICOP 6.3.) as 'Persistent unilateral intraoral dentoalveolar pain, rarely occurring in multiple sites, with variable features but recurring daily for more than 2 h per day for more than 3 months, in the absence of any preceding causative event'.

Methodology

In this observational study, participants fulfilling the new ICOP diagnostic criteria of PIDAP were included, covering 16 years of consecutive data. A systematic, retrospective assessment of patients utilizing the new PIDAP criteria on complaints of chronic tooth pain in a referral-based endodont

SUBMITTER: Sanner F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9300172 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature