Referred Dental Pain, an Analysis of their Prevalence and Clinical Implication

The study objective was to evaluate the prevalence of referred dental pain (RDP) in a group of Brazilians subjects and identify possible partnerships with sex, age and the presence of periodontal or periapical lesions. A descriptive cross-sectional study was designed, 98 patients between 14 and 64 y...

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Autores principales: Brandão,Sônia, Suazo Galdames,Iván, Guimarães,Antonio Sergio, Marie,Suely Nagahashi
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Publicado: Universidad de La Frontera. Facultad de Medicina 2012
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-381X20120002000092012-11-09Referred Dental Pain, an Analysis of their Prevalence and Clinical ImplicationBrandão,SôniaSuazo Galdames,IvánGuimarães,Antonio SergioMarie,Suely Nagahashi dental pain referred pain periodontal lesion periapical lesions The study objective was to evaluate the prevalence of referred dental pain (RDP) in a group of Brazilians subjects and identify possible partnerships with sex, age and the presence of periodontal or periapical lesions. A descriptive cross-sectional study was designed, 98 patients between 14 and 64 years old (59 women and 39 men), who consulted by dental pain were evaluated clinically and radiographically in order to determine the cause and partnership with periapical and periodontal lesions and its possible territories projection other than their origin. The prevalence of RDP was 31.6%, higher in women (67.74%) though without statistical significance. The RDP was presented at a 45.16% together with periapical lesion and a 25.8% along with periodontal lesion. There was no relationship between age and RDP presence. The high prevalence of RDP found reinforces the need for a diagnosis of orofacial pain.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de La Frontera. Facultad de MedicinaInternational journal of odontostomatology v.6 n.2 20122012-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-381X2012000200009en10.4067/S0718-381X2012000200009
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language English
topic dental pain
referred pain
periodontal lesion
periapical lesions
spellingShingle dental pain
referred pain
periodontal lesion
periapical lesions
Brandão,Sônia
Suazo Galdames,Iván
Guimarães,Antonio Sergio
Marie,Suely Nagahashi
Referred Dental Pain, an Analysis of their Prevalence and Clinical Implication
description The study objective was to evaluate the prevalence of referred dental pain (RDP) in a group of Brazilians subjects and identify possible partnerships with sex, age and the presence of periodontal or periapical lesions. A descriptive cross-sectional study was designed, 98 patients between 14 and 64 years old (59 women and 39 men), who consulted by dental pain were evaluated clinically and radiographically in order to determine the cause and partnership with periapical and periodontal lesions and its possible territories projection other than their origin. The prevalence of RDP was 31.6%, higher in women (67.74%) though without statistical significance. The RDP was presented at a 45.16% together with periapical lesion and a 25.8% along with periodontal lesion. There was no relationship between age and RDP presence. The high prevalence of RDP found reinforces the need for a diagnosis of orofacial pain.
author Brandão,Sônia
Suazo Galdames,Iván
Guimarães,Antonio Sergio
Marie,Suely Nagahashi
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Suazo Galdames,Iván
Guimarães,Antonio Sergio
Marie,Suely Nagahashi
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title Referred Dental Pain, an Analysis of their Prevalence and Clinical Implication
title_short Referred Dental Pain, an Analysis of their Prevalence and Clinical Implication
title_full Referred Dental Pain, an Analysis of their Prevalence and Clinical Implication
title_fullStr Referred Dental Pain, an Analysis of their Prevalence and Clinical Implication
title_full_unstemmed Referred Dental Pain, an Analysis of their Prevalence and Clinical Implication
title_sort referred dental pain, an analysis of their prevalence and clinical implication
publisher Universidad de La Frontera. Facultad de Medicina
publishDate 2012
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