A polynomial–exponential equation related to the Ramanujan–Nagell equation

For any given odd prime p and a fixed positive integer D prime to p, we study the equation \(x^2+D^m=p^n\) in positive integers x, m and n. We use a classical work of Dem’janenko in 1965 on a certain quadratic Diophantine equation together with some results concerning the existence of primitive divisors of Lucas sequences to examine our equation when D is a product of \(p-1\) and a square.