{"title":"Clinical Handbook for Oral, Facial, and Head Pain.","authors":"Kevin D Huff, Rafael Benoliel","doi":"10.11607/ofph.3488","DOIUrl":"10.11607/ofph.3488","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache","volume":"37 4","pages":"219-268"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10885681/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138802712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joseph L Iii Riley, D Brad Rindal, Ana Miriam Velly, Gary C Anderson, Kimberly S Johnson, Gregg H Gilbert, Eric L Schiffman
{"title":"Practitioner/Practice- and Patient-Based Factors Contributing to Dental Practitioner Treatment Recommendations for Patients with Pain-Related TMDs: Findings from the National Dental PBRN.","authors":"Joseph L Iii Riley, D Brad Rindal, Ana Miriam Velly, Gary C Anderson, Kimberly S Johnson, Gregg H Gilbert, Eric L Schiffman","doi":"10.11607/ofph.3263","DOIUrl":"10.11607/ofph.3263","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>To document National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) practitioner treatment recommendations for patients with painful temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) and to identify practitioner/practice- and patient-related factors contributing to treatment recommendations made at the initial clinical visit.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This prospective single-sample cohort study formed groups based on treatment recommendations made by 185 dental practitioners who treated 1,901 patients with painful TMDs. At the baseline visit, which this article describes, practitioners provided patients with their diagnoses and a treatment plan and then completed a comprehensive questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Self-care, an intraoral appliance, medication, and practitioner-recommended jaw exercises were the most frequently recommended treatments. Practitioners recommended multiple treatments to most patients. TMD signs, symptoms, and diagnoses were primary considerations in treatment planning, but the practitioner's expectations for improvement were only significant for intraoral appliances and self-care. Female practitioners and those with expertise in TMDs more frequently recommended patient-directed and multidisciplinary treatments compared to their counterparts.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Practitioners used a wide range of treatments for patients with few consistent patterns. The propensity to use TMD signs, symptoms, and diagnoses when making treatment recommendations suggests a tendency to conceptualize patients using the biomedical model. Infrequent referral to nondental providers suggests a lack of availability of these providers, a misunderstanding of the complexity of TMDs, and/or discomfort with assessment of psychosocial factors. Implications include the need for comprehensive training in the assessment and management of TMD patients during dental school and participation in TMD continuing education courses following evidence-based guidelines.</p>","PeriodicalId":48800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache","volume":"37 3","pages":"195-206"},"PeriodicalIF":16.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10664701/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136399919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Discovery of Biomarkers for Myogenous Temporomandibular Disorders Through Salivary Metabolomic Profiling: A Pilot Study.","authors":"Shing Ching Khoo, Yoshinobu Shoji, Chin Hoe Teh, Nyuk Ling Ma","doi":"10.11607/ofph.3353","DOIUrl":"10.11607/ofph.3353","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>To develop a new approach to provide insights into contributing factors to the etiology and pathogenesis of temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) through discrimination of the salivary metabolomic profiling of patients with TMDs of muscular origin (ie, local myalgia) and healthy individuals.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Saliva samples from 19 patients with TMDs of muscular origin (ie, local myalgia) and 39 healthy controls were collected and identified by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. 1H NMR spectra for all samples were acquired using a Bruker Avance-III NMR spectrometer operating at 500 MHz, and data processing was performed in TopSpin, MestreNova, SIMCA, and AMIX softwares for metabolite identification.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eight key metabolites were identified between the healthy controls and patients: L-isoleucine, methylmalonic acid, isopropanolamine, dimethyl sulfone, lactic acid, 4-ethoxyphenylacetic acid, N-acetyl alanine, and D-galactose.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results of this study demonstrate that NMR-based metabolomics coupled with multivariate data analysis is a powerful method for the metabolomic profiling of patients with TMDs of muscular origin (ie, local myalgia).</p>","PeriodicalId":48800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache","volume":"37 3","pages":"207-216"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136399917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pankaew Yakkaphan, Jared G Smith, Pav Chana, Huann Lan Tan, Priya Thimma Ravindranath, Giorgio Lambru, Tara Renton
{"title":"Temporomandibular Disorders and Fibromyalgia Prevalence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Pankaew Yakkaphan, Jared G Smith, Pav Chana, Huann Lan Tan, Priya Thimma Ravindranath, Giorgio Lambru, Tara Renton","doi":"10.11607/ofph.3260","DOIUrl":"10.11607/ofph.3260","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To evaluate the prevalence of chronic widespread pain (CWP) and fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) in TMD patients and the prevalence of TMDs in patients with FMS.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A systematic search was performed in electronic databases. Studies published in English examining the prevalence of comorbid TMDs and CWP/FMS were included. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used to assess study quality, and meta-analyses using defined diagnostic criteria were conducted to generate pooled prevalence estimates.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nineteen studies of moderate to high quality met the selection criteria. Meta-analyses yielded a pooled prevalence rate (95% CI) for TMDs in FMS patients of 76.8% (69.5% to 83.3%). Myogenous TMDs were more prevalent in FMS patients (63.1%, 47.7% to 77.3%) than disc displacement disorders (24.2%, 19.4% to 39.5%), while a little over 40% of FMS patients had comorbid inflammatory degenerative TMDs (41.8%, 21.9% to 63.2%). Almost a third of individuals (32.7%, 4.5% to 71.0%) with TMDs had comorbid FMS, while estimates of comorbid CWP across studies ranged from 30% to 76%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Despite variable prevalence rates among the included studies, the present review suggests that TMDs and CWP/FMS frequently coexist, especially for individuals with painful myogenous TMDs. The clinical, pathophysiologic, and therapeutic aspects of this association are important for tailoring appropriate treatment strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":48800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache","volume":"37 3","pages":"177-193"},"PeriodicalIF":16.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10664703/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136399920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adrian Ujin Yap, Darren Zong Ru Lee, Sharon Hui Xuan Tan
{"title":"The Physical Symptom Scale-8: Psychometric Characteristics of a Short-Form Version of the PHQ-15 and its Use in TMD-Related Assessment and Research.","authors":"Adrian Ujin Yap, Darren Zong Ru Lee, Sharon Hui Xuan Tan","doi":"10.11607/ofph.3187","DOIUrl":"10.11607/ofph.3187","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>To describe the development of the Physical Symptom Scale-8 (PSS-8) and to examine its psychometric properties and use in temporomandibular disorder (TMD)-related assessment and research.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An online survey comprising demographic variables, the DC/TMD pain screener (TPS), Short-Form Fonseca Anamnestic Index (SFAI), PSS-8, PHQ-15, and Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) was administered to young adults attending a technical college. The PSS-8 adopted the Somatic Symptom Scale-8 (SSS-8) items but maintained the 3-point response scale and 4-week time frame of the PHQ-15. Internal consistency and reliability of the PSS-8 were determined by its Cronbach α value. Known-groups and concurrent/convergent validity were examined using Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman correlation (α = .05), respectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Responses from 400 participants (mean age 18.8 ± 1.5 years; 52.3% women) were evaluated. Pain-related (WPT) and all (WAT) TMDs were present in 8.5% and 17.3% of the sample, respectively. The PSS-8 exhibited good internal consistency (α = 0.82) and sound known-groups validity, with the WPT/WAT groups having significantly higher PSS-8 scores than those without TMDs. Good concurrent and convergent validity were also observed, with moderate to strong correlations with the PHQ-15 (rs = 0.97) and DASS-21 scores (rs = 0.48 to 0.60). Correlations with the TPS and SFAI scores were weaker (rs = 0.28 to 0.34).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The PSS-8 presented good psychometric properties and performed similarly to the PHQ-15. It holds promise as the \"de facto\" shortened version of the PHQ-15 for TMDs and related work.</p>","PeriodicalId":48800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache","volume":" 0","pages":"159-165"},"PeriodicalIF":16.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10664702/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10571692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rafael Maffei Loureiro, Daniel Vaccaro Sumi, Hugo Luis de Vasconcelos Chambi, Carolina Ribeiro Soares
{"title":"Letter to the Editor: Evaluation of Facial Pain with Magnetic Resonance Imaging Neurography of the Trigeminal Nerve.","authors":"Rafael Maffei Loureiro, Daniel Vaccaro Sumi, Hugo Luis de Vasconcelos Chambi, Carolina Ribeiro Soares","doi":"10.11607/ofph.3470","DOIUrl":"10.11607/ofph.3470","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache","volume":"37 3","pages":"151-153"},"PeriodicalIF":16.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10664699/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136399918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
István Somoskövi, Márta Radnai, Richard Ohrbach, Timea Dergez, István Tiringer, Andrea Radácsi, Ákos Nagy
{"title":"Associations Between Temporomandibular Pain and Biobehavioral Variables in Dental Students in Response to an External Stressor.","authors":"István Somoskövi, Márta Radnai, Richard Ohrbach, Timea Dergez, István Tiringer, Andrea Radácsi, Ákos Nagy","doi":"10.11607/ofph.3239","DOIUrl":"10.11607/ofph.3239","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>To assess changes in temporomandibular disorder (TMD) pain and multiple biobehavioral variables relevant to TMDs in response to an external stressor.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Self-reported data using online DC/TMD questionnaires were collected from volunteer dentistry graduate students. Data collection was performed on two occasions: during a non-exam period of the semester and during the subsequent exam period. Changes in the proportion of students with pain, differences in pain grade, and severity of biobehavioral status were measured and compared over the two periods. The association between severity of non-exam-period biobehavioral status and pain presence was also tested to assess whether biobehavioral variables can predict pain occurrence or persistence. Chi-square test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, ANOVA, and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used for data analysis. P < .05 was considered significant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 213 enrolled students, 102 remained after data reduction. In the non-exam period, the proportion of individuals with pain was 24.5%; in the exam period, the proportion was 54.9%, and more students had a higher pain grade. The severity of all biobehavioral variables was higher in the exam period, but there was no association between changes in the presence of pain and changes in biobehavioral variables. Higher anxiety and parafunction levels were found in those who reported pain on both occasions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Exam periods initiate readily measurable changes in the psychologic status of many students, as well as alterations in their temporomandibular pain. Higher levels of anxiety and oral behaviors during non-exam periods seem to be predictors for persisting pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":48800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache","volume":"37 3","pages":"167-176"},"PeriodicalIF":16.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10664704/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136399916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dina Taimeh, Richeal Ni Riordain, Stefano Fedele, Rachel Leeson
{"title":"Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Used in Temporomandibular Disorders: A Review of the Literature.","authors":"Dina Taimeh, Richeal Ni Riordain, Stefano Fedele, Rachel Leeson","doi":"10.11607/ofph.3264","DOIUrl":"10.11607/ofph.3264","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>To identify the range of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) used in TMD studies, summarize the available evidence for their psychometric properties, and provide guidance for the selection of such measures.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A comprehensive search was conducted to retrieve articles published between 2009 and 2018 containing a patient-reported measure of the effects of TMDs. Three databases were searched: MEDLINE, Embase, and Web of Science.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 517 articles containing at least one PROM were included in the review, and 57 additional studies were also located describing the psychometric properties of some tools in a TMD population. A total of 106 PROMs were identified and fell into the following categories: PROMs describing the severity of symptoms; PROMs describing psychologic status; and PROMs describing quality of life and general health. The most commonly used PROM was the visual analog scale. However, a wide range of verbal descriptors was employed. The Oral Health Impact Profile-14 and Beck Depression Inventory were the most commonly used PROMs describing the effect of TMDs on quality of life and psychologic status, respectively. Additionally, the Oral Health Impact Profile (various versions) and the Research Diagnostic Criteria Axis ll questionnaires were the instruments most repeatedly tested in a TMD population, and these instruments have undergone cross-cultural validation in several languages.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A wide range of PROMs have been used to describe the impact of TMDs on patients. Such variability may limit the ability of researchers and clinicians to evaluate the efficacy of different treatments and make meaningful comparisons.</p>","PeriodicalId":48800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache","volume":"37 2","pages":"113-129"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10642334/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9730198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fernanda Mg Liberato, Thiago V da Silva, Cintia H Santuzzi, Néville Ferreira Fachini de Oliveira, Lucas R Nascimento
{"title":"Manual Therapy Applied to the Cervial Joint Reduces Pain and Improves Jaw Function in Individuals with Temporomandibular Disorders: A Systematic Review on Manual Therapy for Orofacial Disorders.","authors":"Fernanda Mg Liberato, Thiago V da Silva, Cintia H Santuzzi, Néville Ferreira Fachini de Oliveira, Lucas R Nascimento","doi":"10.11607/ofph.3093","DOIUrl":"10.11607/ofph.3093","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>To examine the effect of manual therapy applied to the cervical joint for reducing pain and improving mouth opening and jaw function in people with TMDs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic review of randomized controlled trials was performed. Participants were adults diagnosed with TMDs. The experimental intervention was manual therapy applied to the cervical joint compared to no intervention/placebo. Outcome data relating to orofacial pain intensity, pressure pain threshold (PPT), maximum mouth opening, and jaw function were extracted and combined in meta-analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The review included five trials involving 213 participants, of which 90% were women. Manual therapy applied to the cervical joint decreased orofacial pain (mean difference: -1.8 cm; 95% CI: -2.8 to -0.9) and improved PPT (mean difference: 0.64 kg/cm2; 95% CI: 0.02 to 1.26) and jaw function (standardized mean difference: 0.65; 95% CI: 0.3 to 1.0).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Manual therapy applied to the cervical joint had short-term benefits for reducing pain intensity and improving jaw function in women with TMDs. Further studies are needed to improve the quality of the evidence and to investigate the maintenance of benefits beyond the intervention period.</p>","PeriodicalId":48800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache","volume":"37 2","pages":"101-111"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10627199/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9730199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}