Objective: To assess and document the knowledge general dentists possess in relation to incidence, diagnosis and management of trigeminal neuralgia and its application in their practice.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey. The data collection tool was a piloted, self- designed, 14 item structured questionnaire that had questions regarding demographics, factual knowledge and practices of the participants. Hundred general dental practitioners were selected through purposive sampling in Lahore. Only general dentists were included in this survey and all other dental specialties were part of the exclusion criteria. Data was entered and analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics^® (Version 23).

Results: Most practitioners responded that they were able to identify a patient with trigeminal neuralgia on the basis of diagnosis of exclusion. Carbamezapine was the drug of choice of pharmacological management or in case pharmacological management did not provide relief the patient was referred to an oral and maxillofacial surgeon.

Conclusion: It was concluded that general dentists had adequate knowledge and sound practices on management of Trigeminal Neuralgia. A need for multi-disciplinary approach and continued medical education (CME) was identified.

Keywords: Dentists, Disease Management, Facial Pain, Neuralgia, Knowledge, Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN).