The Maxillofacial Center for Diagnostics & Research

Tables 89: Pain & Taste Problems

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Table 89a: Facial or Cephalic Neuralgias
Table 89b: Local and systemic factors associated with burning tongue syndrome (glossopyrosis).
Table 89c: Local and systemic factors associated with altered taste sensations (dysgeusia).
Table 89d: Examples of pharmaceutical agents which may be associated with altered taste.
Table 89e: Classification of temporomandibular disorders.

Table 89a: Facial or Cephalic Neuralgias:                

• Trigeminal Neuralgia, Idiopathic
• Paratrigeminal Neuralgia of Raeder
• Idiopathic Facial Pain/neuralgia
• Post-herpetic Facial Neuralgia
• Migrainous Neuralgia
• Vagoglossopharyngeal Neuralgia
• Superior Laryngeal Neuralgia
• Geniculate Neuralgia
• Sphenopalatine Ganglion Neuralgia
• Occipital Neuralgia

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Table 89b: Local and systemic factors associated with burning tongue syndrome (glossopyrosis).

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Table 89c: Local and systemic factors associated with altered taste sensations (dysgeusia).
Local Factors Systemic Factors Oral candidiasis Vitamin A deficiency Oral trichomoniasis Vitamin B12 deficiency Desquamative gingivitis        Zinc deficiency Oral galvanism Nutritional overdose (zinc, Vit A, pyridoxine) Periodontitis/gingivitis Sjögren's syndrome Chlorhexidine rinse Food sensitivity or allergy Oral lichen planus Anorexia/cachexia/bulimia Liver dysfunction Crohn's disease Cystic fibrosis Addison's disease Turner's syndrome Alcoholism Psychosis/depression Pesticide ingestion Lead/copper/mercury poisoning Temporal arteritis Migraine headaches Temporal lobe CNS tumor Nerve trauma, gustatory nerves Herpes zoster, geniculate ganglion Upper respiratory infection Chronic gastritis/regurgitation Systemic medications Bell's palsy Radiation therapy to head & neck
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Pharmaceutical Action	Example(s)
Anticoagulant	Phenindione
Antihistamine	Chlorpheniramine maleate
Antihypertensive/Diuretic	Captopril, Diazoxide, Ethancrynic Acid
Antimicrobial	Amphotericin, Ampicillin, Griseofulvin,Idoxuridine, Lincomycin, Metronidazone,Streptomycin, Tetracyclines, Tyrothrycin
Antineoplastic/Immunosuppressant	Doxorubicin, Methotrexate, Azathioprine, Carmustine, Vincristine
Antiparkinsonian agent	Baclofen, Chlormezanone, Levodopa
Antipsychotic/Anticonvulsant	Carbamazepine, Lithium, Phenytoin
Antirheumatic	Allopurinol, Colchicine, Gold, Levamisole, Penicillamine, Phenylbutazone
Antiseptic	Hexetidine, Chlorhexidine
Antithyroid agent	Carbimazole, Methimazole, Thiouracil
Hypoglycemic	Glipizide, Phenformin
Opiate	Codeine, Morphine
Sympathomimetic	Amphetamines, Phenmetrazine, Theoclate
Vasodilator	Oxyfedrine, Bamifylline

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Table 89e: Classification of temporomandibular disorders.

I. Muscular Disorders:

   A. Hyperactivity, spasm & trismus
   B. Inflammation (myositis)
   C. Trauma
   D. Myofacial pain & fibromyalgia
   E. Atrophy or hypertrophy

II. Arthrogenic Disorders:

   A. Disc displacement (internal derangement)
   B. Hypomobility of the disc (adhesions, scars)
   C. Dislocation & subluxation
   D. Arthritis
   E. Infections
   F. Metabolic disease (gout, chondrocalcinosis)
   G. Capsulitis/synovitis
   H. Ankylosis (fibrous, bony)
    I. Fracture
   J. Condylar hyperplasia, hypoplasia, aplasia
   K. Neoplasia

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