Psychological evaluation and cope with trigeminal neuralgia and temporomandibular disorder Avaliação psicológica e enfrentamento na neuralgia trigeminal e disfunção temporomandibular

OBJECTIVE: To determine the psychological aspects of orofacial pain in trigeminal neuralgia (TN) and temporomandibular disorder (TMD), and associated factors of coping as limitations in daily activities and feelings about the treatment and about the pain. METHOD: 30 patients were evaluated (15 with...

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Main Authors: Adriana Ronchetti de Castro, Silvia Regina Dowgan Tesseroli de Siqueira, Dirce Maria Navas Perissinotti, José Tadeu Tesseroli de Siqueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2008-01-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
DTM
TMD
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2008000500021