Деякі симптоми з боку порожнини рота та їх можливі причини
Symptom | Causes |
|---|---|
Bleeding or pain with brushing (common) | Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (rare) Gingivitis (most common) |
Ear pain, referred (fairly common) | Inflamed gingival flap around a partly erupted mandibular third molar (pericoronitis) Localized osteitis (dry socket) after lower molar extraction |
Face, head, or neck pain (uncommon, except with poorly fitting dental appliances or Temporomandibular disorders) | Eagle syndrome† Infection Occult lesions with low-grade anaerobic infections spreading to the bone Poorly fitting dental appliances Spasm of the masticatory muscles |
Facial numbness or paresthesias (uncommon, except with stroke) | Antrum or nasopharynx tumor Brain stem tumors Extraction of a mandibular molar causing damage to the inferior alveolar nerve‡ Oral tumor (rare) Stroke Viral infection (facial nerve palsy) |
Masticatory fatigue (rare, except with poorly fitting dentures) | Congenital muscular or neuromuscular disorder (in younger people) Myasthenia gravis (a cardinal symptom) Poorly occluding dentures (in older people) |
Masticatory pain or jaw claudication (rare) | |
Weight loss (fairly common) | Poorly fitting dental appliances Too loose, too few, or painful teeth |
* May first manifest as easily induced gingival hemorrhaging. | |
† Elongation of the styloid process or ossification of the stylohyoid ligament, causing pain when the head is turned. | |
‡ May cause paresthesia of the lower lip. | |