Table 2. Pain characteristics and origin.
| Variable | Frequency (n) |
Percentage (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Can you localize the pain | Yes | 99 | 95.2 |
| No | 5 | 4.8 | |
| The pain initiated by | Cold | 62 | 59.6 |
| Heat | 4 | 3.8 | |
| Sweet | 4 | 3.8 | |
| Spontaneous pain | 2 | 1.9 | |
| Mastication | 28 | 26.9 | |
| Other/unspecified trigger | 1 | 0.9 | |
| Stress | 3 | 2.7 | |
| Relieved by | Cold | 4 | 3.7 |
| Heat | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Over the counter medication | 60 | 57.7 | |
| Narcotic medication | 3 | 2.9 | |
| Herbal/traditional medicine | 2 | 1.9 | |
| None | 35 | 33.7 | |
| Pain location | Anterior teeth | 34 | 32.7 |
| Posterior teeth | 65 | 62.5 | |
| Joint & muscle | 2 | 1.9 | |
| Periodontium | 3 | 2.9 | |
| Pain origin based on diagnostic tests | Endodontic | 84 | 80.8 |
| Periodontal | 4 | 3.8 | |
| Caries | 13 | 12.5 | |
| TMD | 2 | 1.9 | |
| Ulcer | 1 | .96 |