Are orofacial pain and xerostomia associated with differences in diet, sensory perception, appetite and enjoyment of eating?-An explorative study.

Background: Orofacial function is believed to influence an individual's diet. knowledge on appetite and enjoyment of eating in orofacially impaired individuals is scarce.

Objective: We aimed to explore potential associations between impaired orofacial function, that is, orofacial pain, jaw function limitation and xerostomia, respectively, and diet, appetite, taste perception, as well as the enjoyment of eating.

Location of mechanically-evoked referred sensations within the trigeminal region are not altered following a heterotopic painful stimulus.

To investigate whether the location, area and frequency of referred sensations occurring during palpation of the masseter muscle can be influenced by application of a conditioning painful stimulus to the temporalis muscle. Thirty healthy participants were included in this cross-over study, performed in two sessions with > 48 h in between. At each session, palpation of the masseter muscle was performed before and after 0.

Frequency of Four-dimensional Oral Health Problems across Dental Fields - a Comparative Survey of Slovenian and International Dentists.

Objectives: To compare the frequency of patients' oral health problems and prevention needs among Slovenian and international dentists with the aim to validate the four oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) dimensions across six clinical dental fields in all World Health Organization (WHO) regions.

Methods: An anonymous electronic survey in the English language was designed using Qualtrics software. A probability sampling for Slovenia and a convenience sampling strategy for dentist recruitment was applied for 31 countries.

Pain in the temple? Headache, muscle pain or both: A retrospective analysis.

Aim: Headache attributed to temporomandibular disorders and myalgia are two diagnoses included in the diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders (DC/TMD). However, it is not clear if these two diagnoses are different clinical entities given their similar presentation and way in which they are diagnosed, when the myalgia is within the temporalis muscle. The purpose of this retrospective study was to assess the overlap between headache attributed to temporomandibular disorders and myalgia of the temporalis muscle.

Assessment of Pain Modulatory and Somatosensory Profiles in Chronic Tension-Type Headache Patients.

Objective: The aim of this study was to thoroughly phenotype a group of chronic tension-type headache (CTTH) patients.

Methods: Fifteen CTTH patients diagnosed according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders-3 and 15 healthy controls were included in this study. Furthermore, 70 healthy controls were included to establish normative values.

Region-Specific Effects of Trigeminal Capsaicin Stimulation.

Aims: To investigate the region-specific effects of painful trigeminal capsaicin stimulation in healthy participants.

Methods: Twenty healthy participants (10 men and 10 women) participated in four sessions in which they received application of 0.05 mL Vaseline (placebo) or capsaicin cream (0.

Characterization and predictive mechanisms of experimentally induced tension-type headache.

Objective: Studies have shown it is possible to elicit a tension-type headache episode in 15 to 30% of healthy individuals following a tooth-clenching or stress-inducing task. Despite this, no studies have attempted to understand why some healthy individuals develop a headache episode while others do not.

Methods: The present randomized, single-blind, controlled study recruited 60 healthy participants who participated in a 30-minute tooth-clenching task and 10 participants who participated in a control task.

Intramuscular temperature modulates glutamate-evoked masseter muscle pain intensity in humans.

Aims: To determine whether glutamate-evoked jaw muscle pain is altered by the temperature of the solution injected.

Methods: Sixteen healthy volunteers participated and received injections of hot (48°C), neutral (36°C), or cold (3°C) solutions (0.5 mL) of glutamate or isotonic saline into the masseter muscle.

Effect of propranolol on hypertonic saline-evoked masseter muscle pain and autonomic response in healthy women during rest and mental arithmetic task.

Aims: To investigate in a randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled, crossover study the effect of a single dose of the nonselective β-adrenergic receptor antagonist propranolol (40 mg) on hypertonic saline (HS)-evoked masseter muscle pain and autonomic activity during rest and during a mental arithmetic task (Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task, PASAT).

Methods: Sixteen healthy women participated in two sessions in which propranolol or placebo was administered orally prior to two 5-minute infusions (30 minutes apart) of HS in the masseter muscle. The second HS infusion was combined with PASAT.

Experimental stressors alter hypertonic saline-evoked masseter muscle pain and autonomic response.

Aims: To test in a randomized controlled trial, if hypertonic saline (HS)-evoked pain and autonomic function are modulated by either a cold pressor test (CPT) or mental arithmetic stress induced by a paced auditory serial addition task (PASAT).

Methods: Fourteen healthy women participated in three sessions. Pain was induced by two 5% HS infusions (5 minutes each, 30 minutes apart) infused into the masseter muscle.

Effects of low-dose intramuscular ketorolac on experimental pain in the masseter muscle of healthy women.

Aims: To investigate the effect of a low dose of intramuscular (im) ketorolac compared with lidocaine (LA) in a double-blinded, randomized, and controlled trial.

Methods: Twelve healthy women participated in three sessions and received two injections into their right masseter muscle per session. The first injections contained hypertonic saline (HS, 5% in 0.