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Table 1 Eight practical classifications of headache occurring at cranio-maxillofacial area

From: Application of botulinum toxin in maxillofacial field: Part II. Wrinkle, intraoral ulcer, and cranio-maxillofacial pain

Differential diagnosis groups

Cause of pain

Extracranial disorder

Dental and craniofacial organ

Intracranial disorder

Structures associated with the brain

Muscular disorder

Muscle, tendon, connective tissue

Joint disorder

Bone, ligament, joint

Neuralgic disorder

Peripheral nervous system

Causalgia disorder

Autonomous nervous system

Vascular disorder

Vascular system

Psychiatric disorder

Mental disorder