[Management and treatment of patients with atypical facial pain].

The term "atypical facial pain" refers to a pain disease and should not be used for pain of peripheral origin. As a rule atypical facial pain is induced by a peripheral tissue trauma not necessarily associated with nerve lesions. The intensity of pain does not correlate with the measurable magnitude of the trauma. If treatment is possible, it will be the more successful the earlier it is started. Therapy comprises transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation, sympathetic nerve block, drug therapy and psychotherapy.