"Facial Pain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Pain in the facial region including orofacial pain and craniofacial pain. Associated conditions include local inflammatory and neoplastic disorders and neuralgic syndromes involving the trigeminal, facial, and glossopharyngeal nerves. Conditions which feature recurrent or persistent facial pain as the primary manifestation of disease are referred to as FACIAL PAIN SYNDROMES.
| Descriptor ID |
D005157
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.592.612.330
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Facial Pain" by people in Profiles.
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A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial of High-Frequency Electromagnetic Coupling Powered Permanent Peripheral Nerve Stimulator for the Treatment of Chronic Craniofacial Pain. Pain Physician. 2025 Sep; 28(5):417-429.
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Phenotypic profile clustering pragmatically identifies diagnostically and mechanistically informative subgroups of chronic pain patients. Pain. 2021 05 01; 162(5):1528-1538.
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Interdisciplinary Management of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome of the Face. Phys Ther. 2016 Jul; 96(7):1067-73.
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Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome: An Uncommon Cause of Facial Pain and Asymmetry. J Craniofac Surg. 2015 Oct; 26(7):e612-4.
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A rare cause of extensive facial and neck hematoma. Intensive Care Med. 2014 May; 40(5):734-5.
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Factors associated with parents' and adolescents' perceptions of oral health and need for dental treatment. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2007 Oct; 35(5):321-30.
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Injection of adjuvant but not acidic saline into craniofacial muscle evokes nociceptive behaviors and neuropeptide expression. Neuroscience. 2007 Nov 09; 149(3):650-9.
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Diagnostic yield for neuroimaging in patients with unilateral eye or facial pain. Can J Ophthalmol. 2005 Dec; 40(6):759-63.
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Facial pain with recurrent facial palsy. Headache. 2003 Jun; 43(6):700-1.
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Referred pain after painful stimulation of the greater occipital nerve in humans: evidence of convergence of cervical afferences on trigeminal nuclei. Cephalalgia. 2001 Mar; 21(2):107-9.