This title was highly commended at BMA Medical Book Competition 2009. "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 a thorough 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 an up-to-date and comprehensive review of the diagnostic and management issues in the field of orofacial pain.
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1 The diagnostic process 2 Anatomy and neurophysiology of orofacial pain 3 Measuring and assessing pain 4 Psychological aspects of chronic orofacial pain 5 Acute orofacial pain 6 Otolaryngological aspects of orofacial pain 7 Masticatory myofascial pain, tension-type and chronic daily headache 8 Pain and dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint 9 Migraine and possible facial variants (neurovascular orofacial pain) 10 The trigeminal autonomic cephalgias (TACs) 11 Neuropathic orofacial pain 12 Neurosurgical aspects of orofacial pain 13 Referred and secondary orofacial pain syndromes 14 Orofacial pain in the medically complex patient 15 Pharmacotherapy of acute orofacial pain 16 Pharmacotherapy of chronic orofacial pain 17 Complementary and alternative medicine
