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Tooth Ache to Leprosy! Importance of Revisiting Diagnosis

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Atypical facial pain can be dreadful for the patient, and treating it can be an arduous task for the clinician, unless the diagnosis is constantly revisited.

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  1. Department of Dental and Oral Surgery, Christian Medical College, No. 24, Avvai Nagar 3rd Street, Thorapadi, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632002, India

    S. S. Daniel Sathiya, Surya Prakash Sharma & Santosh Koshy

  2. Department of Pathology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

    Ramesh Babu

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Daniel Sathiya, S.S., Sharma, S.P., Babu, R. et al. Tooth Ache to Leprosy! Importance of Revisiting Diagnosis. J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg. 17, 432–434 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-016-0940-4

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