title: Current treatments and advances in pain and anxiety management.
abstract: In light of preoperative and postoperative mortality and morbidity, continued advancement in pain and anxiety management would benefit millions. Although significant strides have been made in the past few decades, it is imperative that research and development continue. This article discusses types of pain and anxiety, the relationship between pain and anxiety, the physiology of pain and anxiety, and current trends in pain and anxiety management.
authors: Department of Dentistry/Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, The Brooklyn Hospital, 121 Dekalb Avenue Box 187, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA. ddsdavidhuang@yahoo.com
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Huang
authors: Edmund
authors: E
authors: Wun
authors: Avichai
authors: A
authors: Stern
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003729:Dental Care / Q000523:psychology; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives