Diagnosaurus
Facial, tooth, or jaw pain
DDx
Don’t miss
- Carotid artery dissection
- Temporal arteritis
- Dental abscess
DDX
- Dental caries or abscess
- Sinusitis
- Temporal arteritis
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) syndrome
- Migraine
- Sialadenitis (eg, parotitis)
- Sialolithiasis (salivary gland calculi)
- Otitis media
- Orbital or periorbital cellulitis
- Peritonsillar abscess
- Ludwig’s angina (retropharyngeal infection)
- Carotid artery dissection
- Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
- Atypical facial pain
- Postherpetic neuralgia
- Bruxism (teeth grinding)
- Dental misalignment
- Acoustic neuroma
- Trauma
- Glaucoma
- Dacryocystitis (lacrimal sac infection)
- Angina pectoris
- Numb chin syndrome (mental neuropathy) due to malignancy in mandible
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Last updated: February 24, 2015
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Facial, Tooth, or Jaw Pain." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114371/all/Facial_tooth_or_jaw_pain.
Zeiger RFR. Facial, tooth, or jaw pain. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114371/all/Facial_tooth_or_jaw_pain. Accessed November 4, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Facial, tooth, or jaw pain. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114371/all/Facial_tooth_or_jaw_pain
Zeiger RFR. Facial, Tooth, or Jaw Pain [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2025 November 04]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114371/all/Facial_tooth_or_jaw_pain.
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