Craniomandibular disorders in chronic orofacial pain patients.
Forty-six patients with chronic orofacial pain were examined by a pain group consisting of specialists from different fields of dentistry. More than half of the patients presented a craniomandibular diagnosis. The pain had diminished or disappeared 1 year after treatment in 46% of the patients as a whole and in 39% of the patients with a craniomandibular diagnosis. Fifty-two percent of the patients with no relief of their chronic pain had a psychiatric diagnosis.
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Hasselgren
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Nilner
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Petersson
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000150:complications*