Orofacial Pain and Headache is a timely, comprehensive and instructive addition to the pain literature; in particular the important and truly multidisciplinary area of orofacial pain. Based on their extensive clinical experience and a thorough understanding of pain mechanisms specific to the trigeminal system, the editors, Yair Sharav and Rafael Benoliel, have integrated knowledge from the areas of headache and orofacial pain and have succinctly explained common mechanisms involved in the two phenomena, with important implications for pain diagnosis and management.- Internationally renowned editors and contributor team
- Integrated approach to the diagnosis and treatment of oral and facial pain syndromes as well as common primary headaches
- A thorough review of the four majorclinical entities of orofacial pain: acute dental, neurovascular, musculoskeletal and neuropathic
- Comprehensive coverage of the pharmacotherapy of acute and chronic pain
- Chapters on the psychological, neurosurgical and otolaryngological aspects of orofacial pain
- An in depth discussion of facial pain and headaches secondary to medical co-morbidities
- Exploration of complementary and alternative methods of pain control including acupuncture, food additives and hypnosis
Author Information Yair Sharav DMD, MS is professor of Oral Medicine. Presently Director of the Hebrew University Center for Research on Pain, and head of orofacial pain clinic. Graduate of Hebrew University (DMD) and the University of Illinios, Chicago (MS). He is a former chairman of Department of Oral Diagnosis, Oral Medicine and Radiology and is a past Dean of Dental Faculty in Jerusalem. He was visiting scientist at NIH and visiting professor at the University of Toronto. Dr. Sharav established the first orofacial pain clinic in Israel (1974). Rafael Benoliel BDS is Associate Dean for Research and the Director at the Center for Orofacial Pain and Temporomandibular Disorders at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. Dr Benoliel completed his dental training with honors and distinction at the University of London, in the United Kingdom. Following 2 years of training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery he moved to Israel, to the Dental Faculty at Hadassah- the Hebrew University. He completed formal, state recognized, Oral Medicine training and subsequently concentrated on orofacial pain. His training in orofacial pain was under the mentorship of Dr Yair Sharav. In 1997-1998 he served as Research Associate at the Unit of Neuronal Gene Expression at the NIDCR, NIH, Bethesda under the tutorship of Dr Michael Iadarola. During 2003-2010 Dr. Benoliel served as Chair of the Department of Oral Medicine, in the Dental Faculty at Hadassah-Hebrew University. He joined the Dental School at Rutgers in June 2013.
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