Determining factors of the phantom tooth.
Painful and painless phantom tooth phenomena can often be understood only by means of extensive inquiry. The presence of the phenomena appears to be influenced by demographic factors such as age. Other factors include an advance of the circadian phase position from an ergotropic state of the central nervous system and personality dispositions such as introversion.
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Institute for Work Physiology and Rehabilitation Research, Phillips-University, Marburg, Germany.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014098:Toothache / Q000150:complications*