Written by leading researchers and educators in the field of orofacial pain, this book bridges the gap in the transfer of information from pain research to education and clinical dentistry. Emerging scientific evidence is presented in basic terms for dental students and for practicing dentists to integrate into patient care.

ISBN: 0-86715-381-4
978-0-86715-381-1 , 9780867153811
260pp: 95 illus

Table of Contents:
Section I The Clinical Problem and Epidemiology
Chapter 1 What is Pain and How Do We Classify Orofacial Pain?/Charles McNeill, Ronald Dubner
Chapter 2 Epidemiology of Orofacial Pain/Linda LeResche
Chapter 3 Current Beliefs and Educational Guidelines/Charles G. Widmer

Section II Neurobiology of Pain
Chapter 4 Peripheral Mechanisms of Orofacial Pain/Bruce Matthews, Barry J. Sessle
Chapter 5 Central Nociceptive Pathways/Barry J. Sessle, Koichi Iwata
Chapter 6 Neurochemical Factors in Injury and Inflammation of Orofacial Tissues/Kenneth M. Hargreaves
Chapter 7 Mechanisms of Neuropathic Pain/Alain Woda
Chapter 8 Pain Modulatory Systems/William Maixner

Section III Pain and Behavior
Chapter 9 Measurement of Pain/Pierre Rainville
Chapter 10 Perception and Behavioral Modulation of Pain/M. Catherine Bushnell
Chapter 11 Psychosocial Issues/Samuel F. Dworkin
Chapter 12 Pain and Gender/Thuan T.T. Dao
Chapter 13 Pain and Sleep Disturbances/Gilles J. Lavigne, Maryse Brousseau, Jacques Montplaisir, Pierre Mayer
Chapter 14 Pain and Movement/James P. Lund

Section IV Management of Orofacial Pain
Chapter 15 The Path to Diagnosis/Jean-Paul Goulet
Chapter 16 Evidence-Based Pain Management/Jocelyne S. Feine
Chapter 17 Management of Persistent Orofacial Pain/Christian S. Stohler
Chapter 18 Management of Dental Pain/G. Rex Holland
Chapter 19 Management of Inflammatory Pain/Raymond A. Dionne
Chapter 20 Management of Masticatory Myalgia and Arthralgia/James R. Fricton, Eric Schiffman
Chapter 21 Management of Mucosal Pain/Edmond Truelove
Chapter 22 Management of Neuropathic Pain/Mitchell Max
Chapter 23 Illustrative Case Reports/Antoon DeLaat, Sandro Palla
Chapter 24 Science Transfer in Orofacial Pain/Charles S. Greene

Preface:
From the preface: In preparing this book, we have tried to include the major topics that would be found in an undergraduate curriculum. In particular, we made sure that acute pain and chronic pain states other than TMD were covered. Each of us took responsibility for one of the four major sections of the book and worked with the authors of the papers to ensure a uniformity of expression and continuity of content within and between the sections. We have tried to make sure that the book provides a comprehensive, integrated synthesis of the topic, and that it is not just a series of unconnected chapters.

Reviews
"...There is uniformity of expression and continuing content within and between the sections. The text is most comprehensive and provides an integrated synthesis of the topic.
The print is large and easy to read and the graphics are excellent. I recommend this book for every dental student and dentist who desires to gain insight and confidence in the management of pain.
Paul Chapnick, DDS, FADSA, FRCD
Alpha Omegan

"....This book is successful in integrating basic and applid science, scientific evidence and patient care, through concise well documented and self contained chapters.
It successfully distinguishes between data and anecdote using an evidence-based approach. The contributing authors ensure a uniformity of expression and continuity of context within and between the sections, so that the book is not just a series of loosely connected chapters."
Reviewed by Jack Gerschman in the ADAVB Newsletter December 2001