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The goals of an international taskforce on somatosensory testing established by the Special Interest Group of Oro‐facial Pain (SIG‐OFP) under the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) were to (i) review the literature concerning assessment of somatosensory function in the oro‐facial region in terms of techniques and test performance, (ii) provide guidelines for comprehensive and screening examination procedures, and (iii) give recommendations for future development of somatosensory testing specifically in the oro‐facial region. Numerous qualitative and quantitative psychophysical techniques have been proposed and used in the description of oro‐facial somatosensory function. The selection of technique includes time considerations because the most reliable and accurate methods require multiple repetitions of stimuli. Multiple‐stimulus modalities (mechanical, thermal, electrical, chemical) have …