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Clinical Application of Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block Device for Safe and Secure IANB by Any Operator

Pain Research and Management, 2023
The inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) is an established technique with a success rate of 60–80%; however, large errors have been reported among operators. Some dentists do not prefer to use IANB because of the risk of complications.
Tomoyasu Noguchi, Kento Odaka, Ken-ichi Fukuda   +2 more
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Differential alteration of fMRI signal variability in the ascending trigeminal somatosensory and pain modulatory pathways in migraine

The Journal of Headache and Pain, 2021
Background The moment-to-moment variability of resting-state brain activity has been suggested to play an active role in chronic pain. Here, we investigated the regional blood-oxygen-level-dependent signal variability (BOLDSV) and inter-regional dynamic ...
Manyoel Lim, Hassan Jassar, Dajung J. Kim, Thiago D. Nascimento, Alexandre F. DaSilva   +4 more
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Comparison of sleep quality deterioration by subgroup of painful temporomandibular disorder based on diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders

Scientific Reports, 2022
Chronic pain conditions, including temporomandibular disorders, are closely related to poor sleep quality. This study investigated whether sleep deterioration in patients with painful temporomandibular disorder differed depending on the origin of pain ...
Yeon-Hee Lee, Q-Schick Auh
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Altered levels of salivary and plasma pain related markers in temporomandibular disorders

The Journal of Headache and Pain, 2020
Background Different pain syndromes may be characterized by different profiles of mediators reflecting pathophysiological differences, and these alterations may be measured in a simple saliva sample.
Hajer Jasim, Bijar Ghafouri, Björn Gerdle, Britt Hedenberg-Magnusson, Malin Ernberg   +4 more
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The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, sex, and age on temporomandibular disorders subtypes in East Asian patients: a retrospective observational study

BMC Oral Health, 2023
Background Despite its major existential, societal, and health impacts, research concerning the COVID-19 pandemic and Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) is still limited.
Adrian Ujin Yap, Ji Woon Park, Jie Lei, Chengge Liu, Seong Hae Kim, Byeong-min Lee, Kai Yuan Fu   +6 more
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Assessment of mandibular kinematics values and its relevance for the diagnosis of temporomandibular joint disorders

Journal of Dental Sciences, 2021
Background/purpose: Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are common conditions that involve the temporomandibular joints (TMJs), jaw muscles, or both, and can cause alteration in the mandibular kinematics.
Oliver Leissner, Miguel Maulén-Yáñez, Walther Meeder-Bella, Camilo León-Morales, Eduardo Vergara-Bruna, Wilfredo Alejandro González-Arriagada   +5 more
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Temporomandibular joint disorder in systemic sclerosis: a case report

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
Systemic sclerosis have several effects on the orofacial region such as widening of the periodontal ligament space, xerostomia and bone resorption of the mandible.
Raja Chebbi, Hanen Ben Khalifa, Monia Dhidah   +2 more
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Botulinum Toxin Therapy for Managing Sleep Bruxism: A Randomized and Placebo—Controlled Trial

Toxins, 2020
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) for managing sleep bruxism (SB) in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Thirty SB subjects were randomly assigned into two groups evenly.
Young Joo Shim, Hee Jin Lee, Keun Jeong Park, Hyung Tack Kim, Il Hee Hong, Seong Taek Kim   +5 more
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Integrating Medical Acupuncture and Intraoral Dry Needling Protocol for Radiation-Induced Xerostomia

Journal of the California Dental Association
Clinical trials have shown that acupuncture may be effective in treating xerostomia.2 Acupuncture reduces symptoms related to xerostomia in patients who are refractory to current management such as pilocarpine.3 A 60-year old female patient presented ...
S. J. Lee, C. P. Diep, S. Arman, D. V. Messadi, F. S. Younai   +4 more
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Influence of sleep quality on pain characteristics, anxiety symptoms and catastrophizing in patients with painful temporomandibular disorders treated in private orofacial pain clinic

BrJP
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Extensive literature has shown that poor sleep quality, anxiety symptoms and catastrophizing contribute to worsening of temporomandibular disorder (TMD) conditions.
Claudia Aparecida de Oliveira Machado, Camila Maria Bastos Machado Resende, Juliana Stuginski-Barbosa, Paulo Cezar Simamoto-Junior   +3 more
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