Germain Lisa
American Academy of Facial Esthetics, USA.
Dent Today. 2012 Aug;31(8):84, 86, 88-9.
A variety of pain disorders involve the head, neck, jaws, and face. Many contradicting symptoms may exist when a patient presents with multiple problems. In order to diagnose and treat dental disease, a thorough understanding of both odontogenic and nonodontogenic etiologies of toothache pain is paramount. Harvey McGehee, a noteworthy medical diagnostician, wrote: "In making the diagnosis of the cause of illness in an individual case, calculations of probability have no meaning. The pertinent question is whether the disease is present or not. Whether it is rare or common does not change the odds in a single patient. If the diagnosis can be made on the basis of specific criteria, then these criteria are either fulfilled or not fulfilled." Good diagnosticians in all fields of medicine are on the endangered species list. To become a successful diagnostician, one needs to have interest, intuition, curiosity, patience, and a quest for knowledge. Each day presents a new opportunity and you can either be the goat, or the GOAT (greatest of all time). The choice is yours.
多种疼痛性疾病涉及头部、颈部、颌部和面部。当患者存在多种问题时，可能会出现许多相互矛盾的症状。为了诊断和治疗牙科疾病，全面了解牙痛的牙源性和非牙源性病因至关重要。著名医学诊断专家哈维·麦吉hee写道：“在诊断个别病例的病因时，概率计算没有意义。相关问题是疾病是否存在。它是罕见还是常见并不会改变单个患者的几率。如果可以根据特定标准做出诊断，那么这些标准要么得到满足，要么未得到满足。”医学各个领域的优秀诊断专家都已濒临灭绝。要成为一名成功的诊断专家，需要有兴趣、直觉、好奇心、耐心以及对知识的追求。每一天都带来新的机会，你可以成为替罪羊，也可以成为史上最伟大的人（GOAT）。选择权在你手中。
