文摘
Idiopathic facial pains are poorly characterized pains with difficult diagnoses and uncertain pathophysiologies. They are referred to as atypical toothaches, atypical facial pain, phantom tooth pain, persistent idiopathic facial pain, when felt in the teeth or glossodynia and stomatodynia when experienced in the tongue and the oral mucosa. This literature review focuses on the evolution of concepts, diagnostic criteria currently recognized in the international literature and main pathophysiological hypotheses. The different treatment options, analyzed according to their degree of evidence, are then discussed.