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A multidisciplinary algology team was formed to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of complex head and neck pain disorders. The standard patient evaluation includes a history and physical, surface electromyography, Minnesota Multi-phasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), brief psychiatric interview, dental/occlusal analysis, a postural/ musculoskeletal examination; and necessary diagnostic imaging. Clinicians meet in conference after each clinic session. Organic and psychiatric findings are compiled and a differential diagnosis is made. Treatment recommendations are outlined and a review of the evaluation and the therapeutic plan are forwarded to the referring doctor. A typical conference discussion is presented here.

Implications of immunology in dental treatment are explained through discussion of the basic scientific principles of allergy, autoimmunity, immunization, immune dysfunction, tumor immunology, immunosuppression, and transplantation immunobiology.

A diagnostic procedure and treatment for cat scratch disease is presented to help clinicians distinguish between symptoms of this disease and other swellings in the neck.