Craniofacial pain

The term ‘craniofacial pain’ includes a series of painful chronic disorders in the structures of the face and the cranium. Specialist units exist to treat it. Among other disorders, this group of diseases includes atypical facial pain, occipital neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMD), and many types of headaches such as headache caused by problems in the upper region of the cervical spine (cervicogenic headache).