Journal of the American Dental Association, Vol 99, Issue 6, 961-966
Copyright © 1979 by American Dental Association
Recognition and treatment of patients with chronic orofacial pain
D Donaldson
and
R Kroening
Patients with chronic orofacial pain must be treated with methods different from those used with patients with acute pain. If different methods are not used, the characteristics of chronic pain may become firmly entrenched. Dentists should be aware of the various methods of treatment for this separate pain entity.