Endodontic pain is a complex symptom that often drives a patient to a dentist in search of relief. In these circumstances, the patient is likely to pose a range of questions: Can you relieve my pain? Will the treatment be painful? How will I feel later? The answers to such questions often form the basis of the patient's assessment of the dentist. The combination of pain and a negative dental experience has physical and psychological sequelae for the patient that may last long after treatment.
Diagnosis: Definition of Pain.- Differential Diagnosis.- History of Chief Complaint.- Patient Narratives and their Diagnostic Significance.- Causes of Pain: Caries.- Trauma.- Restorative.- Non Odontogenic.- Endodontic Procedural. Other Contributing Factors: Co-morbidities.- Genetics.- Gender.- Anxiety.- Strategies to Prevent Endodontic Pain: Pre Operative.- Intra Operative.- Post Operative. Treatment: Vital Endodontic Cases.- Non Vital Endodontic Cases. Long Term Pain following "successful" Endodontics.