Orofacial Pain: Molecular Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Treatment
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Neurobiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2020) | Viewed by 26847
Special Issue Editors
Interests: orofacial pain; neuropathic pain; prosthodontics; cytokine; neurotransmitter; trigeminal ganglion; botulinum toxin; nonodontogenic toothache
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Interests: pain; non-neuronal cells; trigeminal; neuroscience; animal research
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Interests: satelite glia cell; cytokine
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Dear Colleagues,
Orofacial pain, which can be odontogenic or non-odontogenic in origin, is one of the leading causes of morbidity worldwide, affecting almost 26% of the world’s population. Due to the involvement of important structures in the orofacial vicinity, it may impact the aesthetics, speech, feeding and overall psychosocial well-being of affected individuals. Orofacial pain may range from simple inflammatory pain like toothache, periodontal pain, and pain related to oral ulceration to more serious and difficult to manage entities like neuropathic pain due to oral cancer or chemotherapeutic agents, trigeminal neuralgia, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, headaches, temporomandibular disorders and burning mouth syndrome. Basic science research on orofacial pain is progressing with a common goal of exploring more molecular targets involved in pain mechanism, diagnosis and treatment.
With this Special Issue, we aim to present novel fundamental science research that contributes to better understanding of orofacial pain mechanisms, diagnosis and investigation, and intervention. We intend to involve the broader audience interested in orofacial pain research and to bring fundamental science researchers onto the same platform to bridge the gap between laboratory bench and clinical research.
Prof. Yoshizo Matsuka
Prof. Koichi Iwata
Dr. Shaista Afroz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- orofacial pain
- basic pain mechanisms
- peripheral pain mechanisms
- central pain mechanisms
- management methodology
- trigeminal system
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