Australian Society Of Endodontology (WA Branch)
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Endodontics and Neuropathic Pain
Dr Janina Christoforou BDSc(Hons) DClinDent(OralMed/OralPath), FRACDS(GDP) MRACDS(OralMed) FOMAA
We commonly read reports of neuropathic pain being misdiagnosed as dental pain, hence resulting in unnecessary dental treatments. Nevertheless, neuropathic pain may also result from the management of correctly diagnosed dental pain. This outcome can be frustrating to both the clinician and the patient. This presentation will discuss some of the factors predisposing to neuropathic pain after endodontic intervention and its subsequent management strategies.
Dr Christoforou is an oral medicine specialist with Fellowships with the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons and the Oral Medicine Academy of Australasia. She works in private practice in Perth and she is a member of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital multidisciplinary Head and Neck cancer clinic. Dr Christoforou is also a clinical lecturer and honorary research fellow at the University of Western Australia. Her special clinical interests include prevention and management of oral cancer and its sequelae, mucosal diseases and orofacial pain.
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