The social impact of oral and facial pain in an industrial population

• Main Authors: Jaafar, N., Razak, I.A., Zain, R.B.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: R Medicine; RK Dentistry; Oral surger
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/2435/1/The_Social_Impact_of_Oral_and_Facial_Pain_in_an_Industrial_Population.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/2435/

The aim of this study is to determine the social impact of oral and facial pain in a sample involving an industrial population. Out of a total of 355 subjects interviewed, nearly one-half claimed to have oral and facial pain in the previous one month prior to the survey. The most common type of pain...