Aims: To investigate how trait anxiety and stress jointly affect the sensory and jaw motor
responses to a tonic orofacial nociceptive stimulus. Methods: Orthodontic separators were …

The perception of pain varies considerably across individuals and is affected by
psychological traits. This study aimed to investigate the combined effects of somatosensory …

Objectives Oral behaviors are activities, like gum chewing, teeth clenching, and biting of
objects, that go beyond normal functioning demands and contribute to the onset of …

Objective: To investigate by behavioral methods the relationship between emotional stress
and pain during experimental tooth movement in rats. Materials and Methods: Sixteen male …

Orthodontic tooth movement (OTM) is associated with an inflammatory response, tooth pain
(ie orthodontic pain) and changes in dental occlusion. Clinical realms and research …

Purpose The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the relationship between pain
intensity and concentrations of salivary pain and stress biomarkers during orthodontic tooth …

The prevalence of orofacial pain continues to increase. Additionally, the rising number has
been accompanied by reduced quality of life of its sufferers. An assumed association …

Background Chronic orofacial pain is associated with substantial pain-related disability and
emotional distress. Understanding the relationship between individuals' coping strategies …

In the present study, we examined whether fear of pain, dental fear, general indices of
psychological distress, and self-reported stress levels differed between 40 orofacial pain …

We aimed to reveal interrelationships between alexithymia, catastrophic thinking, sensory
processing patterns, and dental anxiety among 460 participants who were registrants of a …