introduction: this study aimed to examine the effects of induced inflammatory tooth pain on anxiety level in adult male rats. methods: the mandibular incisors of 56 adult male rats were cut off and prefabricated crowns were fixed on the teeth. formalin and capsaicin were injected intradentally to induce inflammatory tooth pain. diazepam treated group received diazepam 30 minutes before intraden...

Salmea scandens is a plant that grows in America tropics and known for its medicinal nutritional applications. Derived from local indigenous knowledge, the species used analgesic properties, especially as remedy dentistry communities of southern highlands Oaxaca, Mexico. Important information on knowledge uses S. was gathered using bibliographic review with open semi-structured interviews condu...

Pain as a presenting symptom often has multidimensional qualities including sensory, cognitive, discriminate and affective qualities. Pain in the orofacial region represents a diagnostic challenge for even an astute practitioner due to the complex mechanism in which odontogenic and nonodontogenic pain may simulate each other. Patients presenting with atypical odontalgia (AO) complain of toothac...

Patients with atypical odontalgia (AO) complain of medically unexplained toothache. No evidence-based diagnostic criteria or treatment guidelines are yet available. The present paper addresses seven clinical questions about AO based on current knowledge in the literature and discusses diagnostic criteria and guidelines for treatment and management. The questions are (i) What is the prevalence o...

A systematic review was conducted to identify reliable somatosensory evaluation methods for atypical odontalgia (AO) patients. The computerized search included the main databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library). The studies included used the following quantitative sensory testing (QST) methods: mechanical detection threshold (MDT), mechanical pain threshold (MPT) (pinprick), pressure pa...