Orofacial Pain and Headache is a timely, comprehensive and instructive addition to the pain literature; in particular the important and truly multidisciplinary area of orofacial pain.Based on their extensive clinical experience and athorough understanding of pain mechanisms specific to the trigeminal system, the editors, Yair Sharav and Rafael Benoliel, have integrated knowledge from the areas of headache and orofacial pain and have succinctly explained common mechanisms involved in the two phenomena, with important implications for pain diagnosis and management. This book is an invaluable and unique resource for dental practitioners both qualified and in training and pain specialists from all fields, and for basic and clinical pain scientists who are interested in anup-to-date and comprehensive review of the diagnostic and management issues in the field of orofacial pain. INDICE: 1 The diagnostic process2 Anatomy and neurophysiology of orofacialpain3 Measuring and assessing pain4 Psychological aspects of chronic orofacial pain5 Acute orofacial pain6 Otolaryngological aspects of orofacial pain7 Masticatory myofascial pain, tension-type and chronic daily headache8 Pain and dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint9 Migraine and possible facial variants (neurovascular orofacial pain)10 The trigeminal autonomic cephalgias (TACs)11 Neuropathic orofacial pain12 Neurosurgical aspects of orofacial pain13 Referred and secondary orofacial pain syndromes14 Orofacial pain in the medically complex patient15 Pharmacotherapy of acute orofacial pain16 Pharmacotherapy of chronic orofacial pain17 Complementary and alternative medicine
- ISBN: 978-0-7234-3412-2
- Editorial: Mosby
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 432
- Fecha Publicación: 30/04/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés