I doubt very much that all dentists look at pain the same way, nor use
the same treatment modalities--any more than orthopods, PTs,
physiatrists etc. all use one approach.
If you're not Harvey Finkelstein, can you tell me what Dr. Finkelstein's
training is, and in what kind of clinical facility he practices.
If you ARE a dentist, you probably know that there are colleagues that
limit their practices to evaluation and treatment of chronic orofacial
pain. Of course there is no recognized specialty for pain diagnosis and
management as such, but I have a couple of guys I refer to. When I was
on NYUCD faculty ages ago I knew the director of their pain-control
group--and it's nice to have a multi-specialty group there including all
the specialties pain evaluation and management can touch upon.
Steve