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A 34-year-old male presents with complaints of left facial pain. The pain was abrupt in onset and sharp in character. Over time it has become more of a dull aching pain that has gradually increased in intensity. There is no associated fever. The pain was initially well localized to the left upper quadrant of the maxillary dentition but has become rather diffuse and thus difficult to localize. It is somewhat positional in nature. The pain is worsened when bending over and also worsened with jarring such as walking down a flight of stairs. It is not exacerbated by eating. There is no significant history of trauma or recent dental intervention. The pain responds somewhat to NSAIDs but never resolves. A secondary complaint is that of nasal congestion and foul-tasting postnasal drip.
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Jones, J.K. (2018). Pain of Dental Origin. In: Suen, J., Petersen, E. (eds) Diagnosis and Management of Head and Face Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90999-8_31
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