Evaluation of Pain Syndromes, Headache, and Temporomandibular Joint Disorders in Children

Abstract

After a thorough review of the history and presentation of a child's facial pain, a targeted head and neck examination is critical to the appropriate diagnosis of facial pain and temporomandibular joint disorders. It is critical to distinguish between the structural (trauma, degenerative disease, and tumor) and nonstructural (neurogenic, myogenic, and psychological) causes of pain, which will allow for incorporation of appropriate strategies of medical, psychological, dental, and surgical therapies.

Keywords: Evaluation of TMD; Pediatric headache; Pediatric neuropathic pain; Pediatric pain syndromes; TMD in children.