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Role of Orthopantomogram in Unexplained Earache

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Earache is one of the most common symptom for a patient to visit ENT doctor. It poses difficulty to diagnose the root cause when ENT examination is normal and still the pain persists, hence many a times patients are presumed to have psychosomatic element. While evaluation of earache dental status is often overlooked. 93 such patients of persistent earache with normal ENT examination were evaluated. In 70 of these patients the earache was attributed to either absent, unerupted or obliquely positioned upper or lower last molars which was confirmed by Orthopantomogram.

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  1. Department of ENT & Head and Neck Surgery, Choithram Hospital and Research Centre, Manikbag Road, Indore, MP, 452014, India

    Shrikant Phatak, Richa Agrawal, Sameer Nivsarkar, Abhik Sikdar & Sanjeev Mishra

  2. Indore, India

    Shrikant Phatak, Richa Agrawal, Sameer Nivsarkar, Abhik Sikdar & Sanjeev Mishra

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SP has contributed in data collection and preparation of manuscript. RA and SM have contributed to the concept and designing of manuscript. SN and AS have revised the manuscript.

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Phatak, S., Agrawal, R., Nivsarkar, S. et al. Role of Orthopantomogram in Unexplained Earache. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 71 (Suppl 2), 1207–1211 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-018-1271-1

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