Table 2. Patients' pain related characteristics in relation to diagnoses.
| Odontogenic (study & adjacent teeth) Number (%) |
Nonodontogenic (TMD & PDAP) Number (%) |
Mixed Odontogenic/Nonodontogenic Number (%) |
Normal Number (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Pain intensity | ||||
| 0 | 4/7 (57) | 2/8 (25) | 0 | 2/2 (100) |
| 1-2 | 2/7 (29) | 5/8 (62) | 1/2 (50) | 0 |
| 3-4 | 1/7 (14) | 1/8 (13) | 1/2 (50) | 0 |
|
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| Pain quality | ||||
| No pain | 1/7 (17) | 1/8 (13) | 0 | 2/2 (100) |
| Dull achy | 4/7 (50) | 4/8 (50) | 1/2 (50) | 0 |
| Sharp | 2/7 (33) | 1/8 (13) | 0 | 0 |
| Throbbing | 0 | 2/8 (25) | 1/2 (50) | 0 |
|
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| *Pain localization | ||||
| No pain | 1/7 (17) | 3/8 (38) | 0 | 2/2 (100) |
| Well localized | 6/7 (83) | 2/8 (25) | 0 | 0 |
| Diffuse | 0 | 2/8 (25) | 2/2 (100) | 0 |
|
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| *Temporality of pain | ||||
| No pain | 1/7 (17) | 2/8 (25) | 0 | 0 |
| Intermittent | 3/7 (50) | 2/8 (25) | 0 | 0 |
| Constant | 3/7 (33) | 2/8 (25) | 1/2 (50) | 1/2 (33) |
| Variable | 0 | 1/8 (13) | 1/2 (50) | 2/2 (67) |
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| History of Orofacial pain | ||||
| - TMD | ||||
| - HA | 3/7 (43) | 2/8 (25) | 1/2 (50) | 0 |
| - Sinusitis | 4/7 (57) | 3/8 (38) | 1/2 (50) | 0 |
| 1/7 (14) | 2/8 (25) | 0 | 0 | |
|
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| **History of other chronic pain | ||||
| Yes | 5/7 (71) | 6/8 (75) | 2/2 (100) | 1/2 (50) |
*
1 patient with missing data for nonodontogenic group
**
Other overall chronic pain included: neck, shoulder, knee, ankle and pelvic pain, and one case of multiple sclerosis.