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Review
. 2011 Mar;152(3 Suppl):S25-S32.
doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.12.024. Epub 2011 Feb 2.

Orofacial pain

Kenneth M Hargreaves  1
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Review

Orofacial pain

Kenneth M Hargreaves. Pain. 2011 Mar.
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Conflict of interest statement

The author denies any conflicts of Interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Comparison of pain intensity among spinal and orofacial pain disorders using the McGill Total Rank Pain Index (PRI(T)). The PRI(T) is an ordinal scale consisting of the sum of the ranks of words in each of the 20 sub-categories on the MPQ and ranges from 0–78. Data taken from (, , –158).
Fig 2
Fig 2
Unique target tissues innervated by the trigeminal sensory system. Taken from Bereiter et al., 2008, with permission
Fig 3
Fig 3
Rates of papers published on orofacial pain. Data was acquired from a PubMed search (August 2010) using the search criteria of: (orofacial or trigeminal or temporomandibular or dental or tooth) and (pain or headache or hyperalgesia or allodynia or nociceptor or nociceptive).
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