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Kinetic Chain from the Toes Influences the Craniofacial Region
This article examines the relationship between plantar toe flexion and mouth opening and the resulting subjective pain relief of pain to the head, neck and mandibular regions.
Middle Ear, Eustachian Tube, and Otomandibular/Craniofacial Pain
This case report found that a unique monomodal treatment protocol (utilizing a passive intra-oral appliance) both verified the diagnosis and provided immediate relief to sympathetically mediated pain suffered by the patient over the previous 10 years.
Hand Tremor with Dental Medicine Implications
While many hand tremor cases may be linked to genetic predisposition or other origin, some hand and body tremors may be trigeminal nerve-related.
Dental Consequences of Pain Management
Pain and its associated issues can contribute to oral bacterial growth and inflammatory processes which, in turn, affects systemic health conditions. Article about periodontal disease and how it's affected by chronic pain.
Craniofacial Pain of Cardiac Origin
Cardiac-induced referred pain to the craniofacial region may drive a referral to a dentist and potentially miss the diagnosis of a life-threatening cardiac condition.
Sphenomandibularis Muscle and Retro-Orbital Headache
Patients experiencing retro-orbital headaches that are not adequately managed by drugs may be an indication of sphenomandibularis referred pain.
TMJ Pain and Temporal Tendonitis with Autonomic Features
Article includes a case review of a patient who presented with symptoms of trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia as well as TMJ and temporal tendon-related pain symptoms.
Hamular Process Bursitis
Often misdiagnosed as otitis media or Eagle's syndrome, this relatively unknown disorder presents as soft palate pain, throat pain, ipsilateral maxillary pain, ear pain and difficulty and pain with swallowing.
Orbital-Inner Canthus Headache due to Medial Temporal Tendonitis
Pain presenting as an intense headache apparently radiating from the inner canthus of the eye or orbit, but actually referred from medial temporal tendonitis, underlines the complexity of facial structures.
Superior Pharyngeal Constrictor Muscle Dysfunction
Article discusses superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle dysfunction. Sprain or tendinitis of this large quadrilateral constrictor muscle may present as soreness, tightness, or pain at the pterygoid plate and may involve palatal muscles and ear symptoms as well.
Head and Neck: Temporal Arteritis and Temporal Tendonitis Co-morbidity
It is evident to those who daily treat pain of the head and neck that it is almost a rule that head pain patients may suffer from two or more painful conditions present at the same time. In that context, please consider the following quote. Berman and Sinburg, two orthopedic surgeons, wrote in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery that “the injury of the temporomandibular joints is part of a
Injection Needle Injury of Oral Sensory Nerves
Temporomandibular Dysfunction and Migraine
TMD often coexists with daily or near-daily headache syndromes but is overlooked by many physicians in the history and physical examination.
Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Parotid Gland
Craniofacial pain symptoms are often complex in nature and can represent a variety of unrelated conditions.
Dextrose Prolotherapy and Pain of Chronic TMJ Dysfunction
Many of the subjective symptoms of pain, stiffness, and crunching sensation in patients with TMJ dysfunction were reduced greater than 50% in 92% of the prolotherapy patients in this study. Learn more about prolotherapy for TMJ patients.