fa Seven-Year Follow-up of Patients Diagnosed with Atypical Odontalgia: A Prospective Study بیماری های دهان Oral Medicine پژوهشي Research <p> <strong>Aims:</strong> </p><p> To examine the long-term prognosis of 46 previously examined atypical odontalgia (AO) patients.</p><p> <strong> Methods</strong>: </p><p> In 2002 and 2009, AO patients completed validated instruments measuring pain characteristics (pain frequency and intensity), physical functioning (Graded Chronic Pain Severity, GCPS) and emotional functioning (Symptoms Checklist, SCL-90R). The main outcome was global improvement. Baseline data on quantitative somatosensory testing and responsiveness to lidocaine injection were available for a subgroup of patients. Paired tests compared baseline and follow-up data, and logistic regression explored the possible prognostic value of baseline data. <strong></strong></p><p> <strong>Results:</strong></p><p>  Data from 37 patients (80%) were obtained. Thirteen patients (35% 95% confidence intervals [CI] 20.2%-52.5%) rated their overall pain status as significantly improved, 22 (60% 95% CI 42.1%-75.3%) as a little improved or unchanged, and two patients (5% 95% CI 0.7%-18.2%) as worse. Five patients (14% 95% CI 4.5%-28.8%) were pain-free, indicated by a characteristic pain intensity score of 0. Average pain intensity decreased (from 5.7 ± 2.0 to 3.5 ± 2.4 P < .001). Pain frequency (P < .001) and GCPS (P < .001) also decreased, whereas SCL-90R scores remained unchanged and 26 of the 37 patients reported ongoing treatment. Low baseline pain intensity was the only factor predictive of favorable outcome. </p><p> <strong>Conclusion:</strong></p><p>  A third of the AO patients improved considerably over time, but for many of the patients, AO was a persistent and treatment-resistant condition. </p><hr><p></p><p> <strong>Source: </strong>Journal of Orofacial Pain</p><p><a href="http://jop.quintessenz.de/index.php?doc=toc&year=2013&issue=2" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff"> Full Text</font></a></p> neuropathic pain, orofacial pain, prognosis, prospective study, trigeminal nerve 0 0 http://idai.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-32-2045&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Maria Pigg 10031947532846009596 10031947532846009596 Yes Peter Svensson 10031947532846009597 10031947532846009597 No Mark Drangsholt 10031947532846009598 10031947532846009598 No Thomas List 10031947532846009599 10031947532846009599 No