This revised and expanded edition highlights the importance of understanding the biologic and psychologic pain mechanisms to prepare clinicians who treat patients presenting with a variety of pain symptoms. In addition to presenting objective definitions and descriptions of pain and its physical effects, the authors include evidence-based research on how the pain experience may be influenced by genetics, gender, or individual psychosocial and health histories. Extending well beyond basic toothache and TMDs, this book covers pathologic conditions of surrounding orofacial structures and nonodontogenic pain disorders that may manifest as orofacial pain as well, including new chapters on headache and orofacial pain–related movement disorders. Chapters on management guide clinicians on how to develop practical and compassionate treatment plans based on logical evaluation methods, accurate diagnosis, and appropriate pharmacologic treatment, or how to decide when referral to other health care providers is warranted. A series of case studies demonstrates the effective application of this information to clinical situations.

ISBN: 978-0-86715-458-0

264 pp; 95 illus/tables

Contents

1. What is Pain and How Do We Classify Orofacial Pain?
Charles McNeill, DDS, Ronald Dubner, DDS, PhD, and Alain Woda DDS, PhD

2. Epidemiology of Orofacial Pain: Prevalence, Incidence, and Risk Factors
Linda LeResche, ScD and Mark Drangsholt, DDS, PhD

3. Current Beliefs and Educational Guidelines
Charles G. Widmer, DDS, MS

4. Peripheral Mechanisms of Orofacial Pain
Bruce Matthews, BDS, PhD and Barry J. Sessle, BDS, MDS, BSc, PhD, FRSC

5. Central Nociceptive Pathways
Barry J. Sessle, BDS, MDS, BSc, PhD, FRSC, Koichi Iwata, DDS, PhD, and Ronald Dubner, DDS, PhD

6. Neurochemical Factors in Injury and Inflammation of Orofacial Tissues
Asma A. Khan, BDS, PhD, Ke Ren, DDS, PhD, and Kenneth M. Hargreaves, DDS, PhD

7. Mechanisms of Neuropathic Pain
Alain Woda, DDS, PhD and Michael W. Salter, MD, PhD

8. Pain Modulatory Systems
William Maixner, DDS, PhD

9. Pain and Genetics
Ze’ev Seltzer, DMD and Jeffrey S. Mogil, PhD

10. Measurement of Pain
Pierre Rainville, PhD

11. Psychologic State and Pain Perception
Petra Schweinhardt, Marco L. Loggia, Chantal Villemure, and M. Catherine Bushnell

12. Psychosocial Issues
Samuel F. Dworkin, DDS, PhD

13. Pain and Gender
Thuan T.T. Dao, DMD, MSc, PhD, FRCD(C)

14. Pain and Motor Reflexes
James P. Lund, BDS, PhD, Greg Murray, BDS, MDS, PhD, FRACDS, and Peter Svensson, DDS, PhD, Dr Odont

15. Persistent Pain and Motor Dysfunction
James P. Lund, BDS, PhD

16. Pain and Sleep Disturbances
Gilles J. Lavigne, DMD, FRCD(c), PhD, Takafumi Kato, DDS, PhD, and Pierre Mayer, MD, FRCP(c)

17. The Path to Diagnosis
Jean-Paul Goulet, DDS, MSD, FRCD(c) and Sandro Palla, Dr Med Dent

18. Evidence-Based Pain Management
Jocelyne S. Feine, DDS, HDR

19. Management of Persistent Orofacial Pain
Christian S. Stohler, DDS, Dr Med Dent

20. Management of Dental Pain
G. Rex Holland, BSc, BDS, PhD

21. Management of Inflammatory Pain
Sharon M. Gordon, DDS, MPH, PhD and Raymond A. Dionne, DDS, PhD

22. Management of Masticatory Myalgia and Arthralgia
James R. Fricton, DDS, MS and Eric L. Schiffman, DDS, MS

23. Management of Mucosal Pain
Edmond Truelove, DDS, MSD

24. Management of Neuropathic Pain
Eli Eliav DMD PhD and Mitchell B. Max, MD

25. Management of Orofacial Pain Related to Headache: Principles and Practice
Jeffrey P. Okeson, DMD

26. Management of Movement Disorders Related to Orofacial Pain: Principles and Practice
Frank Lobbezoo, DDS, PhD, Pierre Blanchet, MD, FRCP(C), PhD, and Gilles J. Lavigne, DMD, PhD, FRCD(C)

27. Illustrative Case Reports
Antoon De Laat, LDS, GHO, Sandro Palla, Dr Med Dent, José Tadeu Tesseroli de Siqueira, DDS, PhD, and Yoshiki Imamura, DDS, PhD

28. Science Transfer in Orofacial Pain: Problems and Solutions
Charles S. Greene, BS, DDS

Reviews

“The authors provide a comprehensible guide that will help in the diagnosis and management of orofacial pain.”
Norman Becker, DDS
Journal of the Massachusetts Dental Society Spring 2010

© 2009