orofacial pain

Report Calls for More Coordinated and Less Invasive TMD Treatment

Less invasive and more evidence-based approaches are available for temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), yet some...

ADA Seeks Comments on Recognizing Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine as Specialties

The ADA’s National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards is inviting...

Pain Patients Each Cost the Economy Nearly $4,000 a Year

Patients who have long-term face and mouth pain that isn’t caused by toothache cost...

PTSD May Be Causing Your Patients’ Dental Pain

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) hurts more than the mind. It also takes a toll...

Most Adults on Opioids Keep Their Leftover Pills

Deaths from prescription opioid have quadrupled since 1999, according to the Centers for Disease...

Many TMD “Specialists” Aren’t So Well Informed

Some dental offices advertise themselves on the Internet as “specialists” in managing temporomandibular disorders...