Incidence of orofacial pain in patients of Fallujah city/ AL-Anbar-Iraq

ABSTRACT

Orofacial pain is a common complaint and represents a challenging diagnostic problem. It includes both oral and facial components, like teeth and associated structures, followed by oral mucosa. The aim of the study is to report the causes of orofacial pain [OFF] in Fallujah. the sample of this study included [269 patients] attending the medical centre in Fallujah city with complaining from orofacial pain. In this study the most causes of OFF is dental origin that include 24[8.9%] of cases with acute apical periodentitis and 71[26.4%] with acute apical abscess; pulpitis in 56[20.8%]; acute gingivitis in 70 [26.0%]; periocoronitis in 29 [10.8%]; dry socket in 8 [3.0%]; denture trauma in 2 [0.7%]; cellulites in 4[1.5%]; chronic apical abscess in 1[0.4%]; whereas other causes were migraine in 2 [0.7%]; TMJ disorder in 1[0.4%] and psychological pain in 1[0.4%].OFF derives from a vast number of complex etiologies and majority of the causes was odontogenic origin [98.5%] while the minority is due to nonodotogenic origin [1.5%] and the acute pain has been significantly higher [about 97.4%] than chronic pain [about 2.6%]