Orofacial Pain: Page 9

Abusive childhood may be linked to TMD development
By Melissa Busch
Maltreatment that patients experience during childhood can cause psychological deterioration that may lead to the development of temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), according to a research article.
October 19, 2023
Child Sad
Woman diagnosed with Munchausen’s due to fake oral health symptoms
By Melissa Busch
A woman who underwent oral surgical procedures for persistent tooth pain and oral ulcers was diagnosed with Munchausen syndrome after clinicians found no medical evidence of her symptoms.
October 16, 2023
Diffuse gingival ulceration and recession. An orthopantogram showed multiple previous dental fillings and root canal treatment to control her pain. Image courtesy of Yazan Hassona.
U.S. dentists' use of articaine climbs despite risks
By Melissa Busch
Despite the risk of paresthesia associated with articaine, its use among dentists in the U.S. has expanded, according to a study.
October 9, 2023
Anesthetic Injection
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.
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