Short-term effects of NTI-tss and Michigan splint on nocturnal jaw muscle activity: A pilot study.

Objectives: Sleep bruxism is mostly assessed by reporting of tooth-grinding or clenching during sleep and by clinical signs (tooth wear, cracks, or fractures). Parafunctional tooth damage is usually prevented by employing occlusal appliances mainly of the full arch covering type (Michigan splint) and of the partial type covering only central incisors (NTI-tss). To date, the effects of occlusal appliances on sleep bruxism or jaw muscle activity during sleep are still controversial.

Dentin hypersensitivity monitored by cold air quantitative sensory testing.

Background: Quantification of dentin hypersensitivity (DH) is challenging and requires standardised, graded stimulation by natural-like stimuli.

Objective: The present study aimed at identifying DH subjects and longitudinally monitoring their pain thresholds by cold air quantitative sensory testing (QST).

Methods: Subject recruitment started with an online DH questionnaire.

Design, construction, and technical implementation of a web-based interdisciplinary symptom evaluation (WISE) - a heuristic proposal for orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorders.

Background: Medical symptoms independent of body location burden individuals to varying degrees and may require care by more than one expert. Various paper and computer-based tools exist that aim to comprehensively capture data for optimal clinical management and research.

Methods: A web-based interdisciplinary symptom evaluation (WISE) was newly designed, constructed, and technically implemented.

Novel Air Stimulation MR-Device for Intraoral Quantitative Sensory Cold Testing.

The advent of neuroimaging in dental research provides exciting opportunities for relating excitation of trigeminal neurons to human somatosensory perceptions. Cold air sensitivity is one of the most frequent causes of dental discomfort or pain. Up to date, devices capable of delivering controlled cold air in an MR-environment are unavailable for quantitative sensory testing.