Orofacial pain
Orofacial pain - defined as pain lasting over three months in the mouth or face - is increasing in prevelance, with approximately 7% of the UK population having experienced it. It is currently managed by either dentists or general medical practitioners, both of whom have radically different approaches to treatment. While management of orofacial pain has improved quite dramatically over recent years, it is essential that dentists and general practitioners are aware of these advancesand of the di…
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- Full title :Orofacial pain / edited by Joanna M. Zakrzewska.
Summary
Orofacial pain - defined as pain lasting over three months in the mouth or face - is increasing in prevelance, with approximately 7% of the UK population having experienced it. It is currently managed by either dentists or general medical practitioners, both of whom have radically different approaches to treatment. While management of orofacial pain has improved quite dramatically over recent years, it is essential that dentists and general practitioners are aware of these advancesand of the differences in their approaches. This concise handbook takes an evidence-based psychosocial approach to.
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- Publication Date:2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xii, 196 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780191575334, 019157533X
- oclc:ocn801405206
- LC Classification:RK322
- Dewey Decimal:617.52
Table of Contents
Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 Epidemiology of orofacial pain; 2 History and examination; 3 Investigations; 4 Classification and diagnosis of orofacial pain; 5 Overall management of facial pain; 6 Dental causes of orofacial pain; 7 Burning mouth syndrome (BMS); 8 Persistent idiopathic facial pain (atypical facial pain); 9 Temporomandibular disorders (TMD); 10 Trigeminal neuralgia; 11 Neuropathic pain; 12 Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias; 13 Orofacial pain disorders -- linking phenotype to genotype; 14 Appendix; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S.
TU; V; W; X; Z.
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