Orofacial Pain: Page 4

Bone marrow treatment may reverse TMJ osteoarthritis
By Melissa Busch
Treatment with bone marrow aspirate concentrate may reverse the degenerative effects of osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), according to a study.
October 3, 2023
Tmj Pain Woman
A hot way to cool burning mouth syndrome is in development
By Melissa Busch
Researchers are developing a better way to treat burning mouth syndrome, which includes delivery of the active ingredient in chili peppers.
September 20, 2023
Pictured from left to right are Daria Zaytseva-Zotova, Léa Lecomte, Hanna Tiainen, and Preet Bano Singh. Image courtesy of the University of Oslo.
Marijuana use may not affect dental anesthetic requirements
By Melissa Busch
Anesthesia medication dosage requirements may not need to be changed for regular marijuana users undergoing dental surgery, according to a study.
September 18, 2023
Marijuana
Forward Science improves its oral pain relief gel
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Medical technology firm Forward Science has enhanced its nonopioid oral pain relief gel BioStĹŤm.
September 6, 2023
Dentist Surgery
3rd-molar surgery patients open to relief but not cost of bupivacaine
By Melissa Busch
Patients are interested in receiving the long-acting local anesthetic liposomal bupivacaine to help manage third-molar surgery pain.
August 17, 2023
Dentist Needle Patient
Researchers develop gene therapy for chronic oral pain
By Amerigo Allegretto
Researchers developed an oral pain therapy that indirectly regulates a pain signals channel.
August 2, 2023
Cell Gene Therapy Dna Social
3rd-molar surgery may put patients at risk of developing TMDs
By Melissa Busch
Patients who experience trauma such as wisdom teeth extractions may develop temporomandibular disorders (TMDs).
July 25, 2023
Jaw Pain Woman Resized
Is SDF the answer to reducing tooth sensitivity?
By Melissa Busch
Adults experienced reduced tooth sensitivity when silver diamine fluoride (SDF) was applied to tooth root surfaces.
July 18, 2023
Tooth Sensitivity Man
Lower lip sensation loss after mandibulectomy may not be irreversible
By Kate Madden Yee
The loss of sensation in the lower lip caused by damage to the inferior alveolar nerve during mandibulectomy may no longer be irreversible.
July 17, 2023
The sensation of the lower lip gradually recovered after inferior alveolar nerve sacrifice. (a) Sensory disturbance area diagram of the lower lip one month after operation. (b) Sensory disturbance area diagram of the lower lip three months after operation. (c) Sensory disturbance area diagram of the lower lip six months after operation. (d) Sensory disturbance area diagram of the lower lip one year after operation. (e) The proportion of lower lip sensory recovery area at three, six, and 12 months after surgery based on the area with lower lip sensory disturbance at one month after surgery. Licensed by CC BY-NC-ND. Image courtesy of the International Journal of Oral Science.
MRI shows neural differences in patients with jaw pain
By Amerigo Allegretto
Recently, researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure brain activity in patients with bruxism and temporomandibular disorder-related pain, according to research published in the Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache.
July 6, 2023
Tmj Pain Woman
Local anesthesia injection led to rare temporal muscle ossification in woman
By Melissa Busch
A woman developed a very rare complication after receiving local anesthesia for root canal treatment.
June 29, 2023
The (A) panoramic x-ray after surgical treatment shows partial resection of the lesion and the coronoid process (arrow). A (B) clinical image of the resected lesion.
Salve-soaked gauze may curb 3rd-molar extraction pain, dry socket
By Melissa Busch
An antibiotic-corticosteroid ointment may control dry socket, infection, and pain.
June 23, 2023
Xray Third Molars
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