Year : 2020

Volume : Volume 11

Issue : Issue 2

Address for correspondence :
Dr. Abishek Gupta.
drabhishekgupta30373a@gmail.com

Abstract

Background:  Baseline data for the prevalence of Orofacial pain among males and females among the patients visiting the Dental hospital. Materials and Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery during from January to December 2019, among the patients with chief complain of pain. The complete diagnosis of pain along with the demographic data was recorded, and frequency analysis was done for the same for the distribution of various types of pain among the males and females. Results: 1042 (633 males and 409 females) patients had chief complain of some of the pain. The average age of the patients was 32.23 years. Pain  due to, odontogenic causes were 568 (53.16 %), oral mucosal lesions were 53 (5.08 %), Osseous origin were 47 (4.51%), TMJ Disorders were 157 (15.06%), muscle origin were 78 (7.48%), neuropathic origin were 24 (2.30%), neurovascular origin were 9 (0.86%), maxillary sinus were 45 (4.31 %), salivary gland origin were 8 (0.76%), ear origin/ referred pain were 64 (6.14 %), vascular origin were 2 (0.19 %), Post-traumatic neuralgia was seen in 4 (0.38%), myofascial pain dysfunction syndrome were 23 (2.20%), burning mouth syndrome were 37 (3.55%). Conclusion: The most common orofacial pain is odontogenic, followed by TMJ disorder, and the least common pain is from vascular/eagle syndrome.

Keywords: Prevalence, facial pain, Temporomandibular Joint Disorders.