Orofacial pain : a guide to medications and management /

• Other Authors: Clark, Glenn T., Dionne, Raymond
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester [England] : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
• Subjects: Orofacial pain > Treatment.; Facial pain > Treatment.; MEDICAL > Surgery > General.; Facial Pain > drug therapy.; Facial Pain > therapy.; Electronic books.

"Pain is a preoccupation in dentistry, but the dentist's role has expanded beyond the treatment of dental pain to being one of the most involved in the treatment of orofacial pain. Orofacial Pain: A Guide to Medications and Management guides readers through the rational use of medications...

Table of Contents:

• The top 30 chronic painful diseases, disorders, and dysfunctions that occur in the orofacial region / Glenn T. Clark
• Top 60 most important medications used in an OFP treatment center / Glenn T. Clark
• Non-opioid analgesics, salicylates, NSAIDs, and corticosteroids for chronic pain / Raymond A. Dionne, Glenn T. Clark
• Opioids for chronic orofacial pain with a focus on non-malignant chronic pain / Glenn T. Clark, Steven H. Richeimer
• Nocebo responsive patients and topical pain control agents used for orofacial and mucosal pain / Glenn T. Clark
• Anti-convulsants agents used for neuropathic pain including trigeminal neuralgia / Glenn T. Clark, Antonia Teruel
• Skeletal muscle relaxants and anti-spasticity drugs for orofacial pain disorders / Glenn Clark, Soma Sahai-Srivastava
• Psychopharmacologic agents (antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics, and psychostimulants) used in chronic pain / Glenn T. Clark [and others]
• Anti-bacterial agents as analgesics in chronic pain / Satish Kumar, Glenn T. Clark, Raymond A. Dionne
• Using oral medications, infusions, and injections for differential diagnosis of orofacial pain / Saravanan Ram, Satish Kumar, Glenn T. Clark.
• Interventional therapy and injected agents for orofacial pain and spasm (including botulinum toxin) / Glenn T. Clark, Alan Stiles
• Treatment for oral mucositis and non-infectious, non-neoplastic oral ulcerations / Satish Kumar, Antonia Teruel, Glenn T. Clark
• Management of orofacial pain and other co-morbidities in oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal cancer patients / Saravanan Ram, Glenn T. Clark
• Burning mouth syndrome : an update on diagnosis and treatment methods / Piedad Suarez Durall, Glenn T. Clark
• Headaches with a focus on chronic daily HA medications / Soma Sahai-Srivastava, Glenn Clark
• Differential diagnosis and management of masticatory myogenous pain and dysfunction / Glenn T. Clark
• Diagnosing and managing chronic trigeminal neuropathy / Glenn T. Clark
• Temporomandibular joint arthritis : implications, diagnosis, and management / Antonia Teruel, Jack S. Broussard Jr., Glenn T. Clark
• Five oral motor disorders : habitual tooth clenching and other involuntary oral motor disorders / Glenn T. Clark, Saravanan Ram
• Diagnosis and treatment of TMJ internal derangements / Glenn T. Clark.