Dental Neuritis (Pulpitis): Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Respiratory System (J00-J99)

• Sinusitis maxillaris (sinusitis).

Mouth, esophagus (esophagus), stomach, and intestines (K00-K67; K90-K93).

• Diseases of the salivary glands, unspecified.
• Periodontal abscess (see periodontitis).

Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99).

• Temporomandibular joint (craniomandibular dysfunction; CMD).
• Ostitis, osteomyelitis (bone (skin) inflammation).

Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48)

• Neoplasms, unspecified

Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99).

• Migraine
• Neurological pain (trigeminal neuralgia)

Further

• Hypersensitivity of the dentin, for example, to hot, cold or sweet.
• Pre-contact e.g. from recently fabricated restorations.