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Could Dentures Cause Facial/cheekbone/neck Pain?

I am experiencing intermittent facial (next to my nose), bilateral cheekbone and temple, front of neck and the bones around the eyes pain.It seems it might be related to ill fitting dentures that require lots of adhesive to keep them in. Could my dentures be causing all this almost unbearable pain that remains even after removing dentures?.
Fri, 11 Jul 2014
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Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,  's  Response
Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query.
The pain in the cheekbone and temple, front of neck and the bones around the eyes could be because of the ill fitting denture or it can be because of the high points in the denture or any sharp borders in the denture.
These causes results in abnormal forces over the facial musculature and results in pain.
Consult a prosthodontist and get the denture corrected or repeat the denture.
for the pain you can take analgesic with muscle relaxant(tablet flexon MR).
I hope my answer will help you, take care.
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Could Dentures Cause Facial/cheekbone/neck Pain?

Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query. The pain in the cheekbone and temple, front of neck and the bones around the eyes could be because of the ill fitting denture or it can be because of the high points in the denture or any sharp borders in the denture. These causes results in abnormal forces over the facial musculature and results in pain. Consult a prosthodontist and get the denture corrected or repeat the denture. for the pain you can take analgesic with muscle relaxant(tablet flexon MR). I hope my answer will help you, take care.