Atypical heterotopic facial pain felt as a tooth ache? – A case report.

Abstract: Vascular pain can be a very debilitating pain condition for many patients. Migraine is such a in a kind for neurovascular origin which is the most commonly found. However neurovascular variants are pain disorders with the same origin but may present with atypical clinical characteristics, the main difference being that of the location. When this pain is reported near on in the teeth, it presents a particular problem for the dentist. A thorough history and clinical examination is very important and crucial to reach a definitive diagnosis. The following paper presents a case report of a 21-year-old female. who reported with an atypical heterotopic facial pain felt as a tooth ache