ACTA FAC MED NAISS 2008; 25 (2): 103-105

Case report

NEURALGIFORM OROFACIAL PAIN PRODUCED BY OSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAWS: A CASE REPORT

Milan Knezevic¹,
Mario Vicente-Barrero¹

Sergio Dominguez¹,
Francisco Garcia Jimenez¹

Juan Luis Alfonso Martin²,
Sladjana Petrovic³

Dragan Petrovic⁴

¹Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences Stomatology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department. University Hospital Insular, Las Palmas, Spain

²Anatomical Pathology, University Hospital Insular, Las Palmas, Spain

³Institute of Radiology, Clinical Centre Nis Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Serbia

⁴Dentistry Clinic, Faculty of Medicine University of Nis, Serbia

SUMMARY

The paper presents a case of osteonecrosis of the jaw bones with severe orofacial pain as the main symptom. The mechanism of osteonecrosis development, as well as its evolution  before and after the pain is discussed, too. Suggestions for the treatment in  the post-neuralgiform period are given in the text.  A brief overview of the literature is presented in  discussion in this article.

Key words: osteonecrosis of jaw bones, neurogenic orofacial pain