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Jaw pain and swellings


Pain or swelling of the jaw results most commonly from dental conditions. In the upper jaw, pain may also result from infection of the paranasal sinuses which is considered under Facial swellings (p. 129).

Causes

Traumatic

Infective

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    Dental abscess

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    Tonsilitis

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    Mumps (increasing incidence in UK)

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    Pericoronitis

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    Acute osteomyelitis

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    Actinomycosis

Temporomandibular joint

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    Temporomandibular joint disorder

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    Rheumatoid arthritis

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    Osteoarthritis

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    Dislocation

Cystic

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    Dental cysts ( Fig. 37 )

    Figure 37, A large dental cyst in the mandible .

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    Dentigerous cysts

Neoplastic

Benign

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    Giant cell granuloma

Locally invasive

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    Ameloblastoma

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    Odontogenic tumours

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