Health Dictionary
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Jaw pain
Introduction
Causes
Causes
Common Causes
- Acute post-extraction osteitis
- Dental abscess
- Jaw alignment disorder
- Jaw injury
- Osteomyelitis
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | Angina pectoris, Canon a waves, MI, temporal arteritis |
| Chemical / poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | no underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | Amerge, Cabozantinib, (Naratriptan), Bisphosphonates, Dimercaprol, Pergolide, Vinblastine |
| Ear Nose Throat | Otitis media , parotitis, lymphadenitis, cervical adenitis, dental abscess, herpes zoster, Ludwig’s angina, nose infections, osteomyelitis, quinsy, sinus infections, sinusitis, suppurative parotitis, tetanus |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | Caffey’s disease |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | Acute post-extraction osteitis |
| Infectious Disease | Cervical adenitis, dental abscess, herpes zoster, Ludwig’s angina, nose infections, osteomyelitis, quinsy, sinus infections, sinusitis, suppurative parotitis, tetanus |
| Musculoskeletal / Ortho | Jaw cyst, TMJ, trismus |
| Neurologic | Headache, migraine, trigeminal neuralgia |
| Nutritional / Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | Head and neck cancer, jaw tumor, neck cancer |
| Opthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose / Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal / Electrolyte | Tetany |
| Rheum / Immune / Allergy | Arthritis, jaw alignment disorder, jaw arthritis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, septic arthritis, temporomandibular joint pain |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | Broken jaw, jaw injury, trauma |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Dental | Dental caries, dental surgery, tooth decay, wisdom tooth extraction |
| Miscellaneous | Bruxism, toothache |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Broken jaw
- Caffey’s disease
- Jaw alignment disorder
- Jaw arthritis
- Jaw cyst
- Jaw injury
- Jaw tumor
- Neck cancer
- Wisdom tooth extraction
References
References
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief:Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S. [2]