Classification by Time & Clinical Patterns

Question 1

Duration of acute pain?

Answer 1

Less than 3 months.

Question 2

Is acute pain self-limiting?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

Does acute pain serve a biological purpose?

Answer 3

Yes — warning of tissue damage.

Question 4

Psychological symptoms in acute pain?

Answer 4

Minimal.

Question 5

Most dental pain is what type?

Answer 5

Acute nociceptive/inflammatory pain.

Question 6

Is chronic pain self-limiting?

Answer 6

no

Question 7

What symptoms are associated with chronic pain?

Answer 7

Anxiety, fear, depression, sleep disturbance, social impairment.

Question 8

Chronic pain is predominantly what type?

Answer 8

Often neuropathic (involving PNS/CNS dysfunction).

Question 9

Two main ways to classify pain?

Answer 9

By quality and by time.