jaw pain

Etiology

• jaw injury, broken jaw
• temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ syndrome)
• jaw arthritis
• jaw alignment disorder
• bruxism
• sinusitis
• toothache
• salivary gland disease
  • suppurative parotitis
  • sialoadenitis
• Caffey's disease
• dental surgery
  • wisdom tooth extraction
  • acute post-extraction osteitis
• dental caries
• dental abscess
• jaw tumor
• jaw cyst
• rheumatoid arthritis
• osteoarthritis
• septic arthritis (see joint pain)
• teeth clenching
• Herpes zoster
• migraine
• referred pain from myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction
• arthritis
• head & neck cancer
• hypocalcemic tetany
• temporal arteritis
• temporomandibular joint syndrome
• tetanus
• trigeminal neuralgia
• osteonecrosis of the jaw

Laboratory

• Complete blood count (CBC), if infection is suspected
• serum Calcium, serum phosphate, serum alkaline phosphatase, for possible bone disease
• serum Uric acid if gout is suspected
• Serum creatine and serum creatine kinase, indicators of muscle disease
• Erythrocyte sedimentation rate if temporal arteritis is suspected
• Rheumatoid factor if rheumatoid arthritis is suspected.

Radiology

• Plain radiography;
  • intraoral x-rays
  • panoramic (panorex) x-rays providing a full view of the upper & lower jaws, teeth, TMJs, & sinuses)

More general terms

• pain [odyn-]

Additional terms

• facial pain
• jaw
• oral pain