@article{c1e15037e7c341239fb424cd615371a3,
title = "A set of descriptors for the diagnosis of dental pain syndromes",
abstract = "Two hundred patients with pain in the head and neck area completed the McGill-Melzack Pain Questionnaire before a diagnosis was made or treatment was recommended for their chief complaints. The class and subclass of the chosen pain descriptors were compiled for each of three broad categories of pain: pain of periodontal origin, pain of pulpal origin, and pain associated with temporomandibular syndrome (TMS). Chi-square analysis showed that TMS pain-word patterns were significantly different from those associated with pain of periodontal or pulpal origin (p ≤ 0.05). Word patterns for pulpal and periodontal pain did not differ significantly (p ≥ 0.05). A larger sample and further study are indicated to determine whether unique word patterns may be developed for individual oral pain syndromes. Ease of administration and the capability of detecting consistent patterns of pain descriptors make the McGill-Melzack Pain Questionnaire a potentially useful tool for the diagnosis and management of pain syndromes in dentistry.",
author = "Hall, {Ellis H.} and Terezhalmy, {Geza T.} and Pelleu, {George B.}",
note = "Funding Information: The opinions or assertions contained in this article are the private ones of the writers and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Navy. The protocol for this investigation was approved by the Research Committee and the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects, Naval Hospital, Naval Medical Command National Capital Region, Bethesda, Maryland. This study was supported under Naval Medical Command Clinical Investigation Study No. 81-06-I 512-00. *Commander, DC, USN; Naval Dental Clinic, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; formerly, Resident, Oral Diagnosis Department, Naval Dental School. **Associate Professor. Department of Dental Diagnostic Science, Dental School, and Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; formerly, Chairman, Oral Diagnosis Department, Naval Dental School. ***Chairman, Research Department, Naval Dental School, Copyright: Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "1986",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1016/0030-4220(86)90178-7",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "61",
pages = "153--157",
journal = "Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology",
issn = "2212-4403",
publisher = "Elsevier USA",
number = "2",
}