Objective: To review the available literature on orofacial pain. Material and Methods: This literature review was performed to elucidate information pertaining to orofacial pain from various medical databases. Result: Pain of any origin compromises on an individual’s quality of life. The prevention and management of pain is an important aspect of health care. This multidimensional phenomenon re...

Orofacial clefts are the most prevalent birth defects that affect craniofacial structures and implicate genetic and environmental factors in their aetiology. Maternal metabolic state and nutrition have been related to these and other structural malformations, and studies of maternal obesity before pregnancy have shown controversial results about its association with the risk of orofacial clefts...

The need for this document reflects the often controversial history of the field, with many unfounded claims and “facts” that have served to negatively impact many in dentistry and other disciplines toward the field and those who practice orofacial myology. By addressing facts and fictions here, you should be better equipped to represent your discipline in a manner consistent with the scientifi...

Since dental/orofacial injuries were the commonest type of injuries sustained during participation in sports activities in the 1980s, when it was apparent that one third of dental injuries was due to sporting involvement, with the remainder being due to accidents, especially at home, the role of the dental profession in relation to dental/orofacial sports injuries became very important. This ha...

OBJECTIVE To establish the role of TRPV1 receptor in the antinociceptive effect of natural alkamides (i.e. affinin, longipinamide A, longipenamide A and longipenamide B) isolated from Heliopsis longipes (A. Gray) S.F. Blake and some related synthetic alkamides (i.e. N-isobutyl-feruloylamide and N-isobutyl-dihydroferuloylamide). METHODS The orofacial formalin test was used to assess the antino...

In this study, the effects of subcutaneous (SC) injection of pilocarpine (a cholinomimetic agent) and atropine (a muscarinic receptors antagonist) were investigated on a tonic model of orofacial pain in rats. The contribution of the endogenous analgesic opioid system was assessed using naloxone (an opioid receptors antagonist). Tonic orofacial pain was induced by SC injection of a diluted forma...

1. LIST OF ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS / 10 2. INTRODUCTION / 11 3. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE / 12 3.1. Bruxism / 12 3.1.1. PubMed / 12 3.1.2. Definitions of bruxism / 12 3.1.3. Detecting sleep bruxism: electromyography (EMG) and polysomnography (PSG) / 13 3.1.4. Detecting sleep bruxism: ambulatory EMG / 14 3.1.5. Detecting sleep/awake bruxism: self-reports and clinical guidelines / 14 3.1.6. Detectin...

OBJECTIVES The purposes of this study were (1) to identify possible differences in muscular and orofacial functions between children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and with primary snoring (PS); (2) to examine the standardized difference between normal values of myofunctional scores and those of subjects with OSA or PS; and (3) to identify the features associated with OSA. METHODS Partici...

Orofacial pain is a common complaint of patients that causes distress and compromises the quality of life. It has many etiologies including trauma, interventional procedures, nerve injury, varicella-zoster (shingles), tumor, and vascular and idiopathic factors. It has been demonstrated that the sympathetic nervous system is usually involved in various orofacial pain disorders such as postherpet...

BACKGROUND Involvement of the central nervous system in patients with syphilis (neurosyphilis) may result in several neuropsychiatric symptoms. Rarely, patients with neurosyphillis may develop movement disorders with different phenomenology. Subtle orofacial dyskinesias have been reported in patients with neurosyphilis, known as the candy sign. CASE REPORT We describe a patient with neurosyph...