Digital pain drawings are a useful and reliable tool for assessing patients with temporomandibular disorders.

Laurent PitanceBenjamin De LonghiEve GerardTimothée Cayrol Nathalie Anne RousselCorrado CesconCleofas Rodriguez-Blanco Barbero Marco

Published in: Journal of oral rehabilitation (2021)

People with TMD showed widespread pain, and pain extent was associated with pain intensity, neck and headache-related disability, depression, anxiety, hyperventilation and central sensitivity. The reliability of measuring pain extent and pain location was confirmed.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
depressive symptoms