Other facial pain

Other facial pain

• Temporomandibular dysfunction usually responds to reassurance and local therapy.
• Advise the patient to have a soft diet and avoid chewing gum.
• Consider making an occlusal splint for the patient.
• Acute temporomandibular dysfunction might respond to analgesics such as ibuprofen or a short course of diazepam as a muscle relaxant.
• If the patient does not respond, refer to a specialist or to the patient's general medical practitioner.
• Chronic neuropathic facial pain and oral dysaethesia might require management with neuropathic painkillers; refer to a specialist or the patient's general medical practitioner.