Cds836 toothache test - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Characteristics of neuralgic toothache (7) - Answer Pain is severe, unilateral, lancinating, shock-like (paroxysmal pain) felt in a tooth Pain episodes are brief, lasting only 5-10 seconds There is no pain reported between episdoes Pain is provoked by relatively innocuous peripheral stimulation of a trigger zone. The trigger zone is commonly an extra-oral site such as the lip or chin but may be the tooth If the tooth is the trigger zone, repeated stimulation will not produce the paroxysmal...

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