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Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine, Orofacial pain, Quantitative sensory testing, Nonfunctional tooth contact, Habituation, Sensitization, Adult, Female, Humans, Jaw Diseases, Middle Aged, Myofascial Pain Syndromes, Pain Perception, Pain Threshold, Pressure, Sensation, Tooth, 1105 Dentistry, 3203 Dentistry

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of nonfunctional tooth contact on sensory threshold (tactile detection threshold: TDT) and pain thresholds (filament-prick pain detection threshold: FPT; pressure pain threshold: PPT) in the orofacial region of patients with myofascial pain of the jaw muscles.