Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache

Print ISSN: 2333-0384 | Online ISSN: 2333-0376

Founded upon sound scientific principles, this journal continues to make important contributions that strongly influence the work of dental and medical professionals involved in treating oral and facial pain, including temporomandibular disorders, and headache. In addition to providing timely scientific research and clinical articles, the journal presents diagnostic techniques and treatment therapies for oral and facial pain, headache, mandibular dysfunction, and occlusion and covers pharmacology, physical therapy, surgery, and other pain-management methods.


Articles

Open Access

The gut-masticatory muscles-temporomandibular joint pain axis—a scoping review

Gayathri Krishnamoorthy, Aparna Narayana, Dhanasekar Balakrishnan

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.021

Abstract ( 683 ) PDF (1.58 MB) ( 59 ) Full Text

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The efficacy of physiotherapy approaches in chronic tension-type headache: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Dilara Onan, Halime Arıkan, Esme Ekizoğlu, Bahar Taşdelen, Aynur Özge, Paolo Martelletti

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.003

Abstract ( 946 ) PDF (11 MB) ( 85 ) Full Text

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Pseudogout of the temporomandibular joint: a case report with systematic literature review

Matteo Val, Mirko Ragazzo, Anna Colonna, Marco Ferrari, Edoardo Ferrari Cagidiaco, Daniele Manfredini, Luca Guarda Nardini

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.004

Abstract ( 608 ) PDF (1.79 MB) ( 49 ) Full Text

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Are dentists aware of post-traumatic trigeminal neuropathic pain? A web-based epidemiological survey

Domenico Viscuso, Marco Storari, Cinzia Casu, Alessandra Scano, Eleonora Aru, Germano Orrù, Valentino Garau

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.009

Abstract ( 575 ) PDF (6.31 MB) ( 88 ) Full Text

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Efficacy and safety of lacosamide in patients with trigeminal neuralgia: an 8-week pilot dose-escalation study

Pramot Lappichetpaiboon, Somsak Tiamkao, Supanigar Ruangsri, Jarin Paphangkorakit, Waranuch Pitiphat, Teekayu P. Jorns

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.011

Abstract ( 879 ) PDF (3.41 MB) ( 95 ) Full Text

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Guide device to assist in performing arthroscopic surgery of the temporomandibular joint—a preliminary study

Waseem Abboud, Shoshana Reiter, Pessia Friedman-Rubin, Dror Shamir, Oren Peleg

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.012

Abstract ( 633 ) PDF (1.05 MB) ( 62 ) Full Text

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The development and pilot testing of the OroFacial Awakening Symptoms Questionnaire (OFASQ)

Ovidiu Ionut Saracutu, Alessandro Bracci, Matteo Val, Anna Colonna, Marco Ferrari, Daniele Manfredini

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.013

Abstract ( 581 ) PDF (227.94 kB) ( 38 ) Full Text

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Temporomandibular disorder confounders in motor vehicle accident patients

Xiang Li, Vandana Singh, Camila Pacheco-Pereira, Reid Friesen

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.014

Abstract ( 613 ) PDF (239.02 kB) ( 86 ) Full Text

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A study of brain function changes in patients with trigeminal neuralgia of different laterality based on rs-fMRI

Li Li, Hai Du, Xin-Yi Li, Chen-Ming Yu, Bing-Bing Huang, Zi-Tang Ma, Rui Li

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.015

Abstract ( 573 ) PDF (4.18 MB) ( 48 ) Full Text

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Assessment of pain location according to different types of bruxism

Burcu Anasız Kıranatlı, Özer İşisağ

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.016

Abstract ( 601 ) PDF (239.08 kB) ( 40 ) Full Text

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Association of the insulin resistance marker triglyceride glucose index with migraine: results of a cross-sectional and prospective cohort study

Jielong Wu, Xiaodong Yuan, Jiedong Zhao, Yeting Wu, Dan Chen, Lingshan Ma, Chuya Jing, Liangcheng Zheng, Xingkai An, Qing Lin, Zhanxiang Wang, Qilin Ma, Jie Fang

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.017

Abstract ( 714 ) PDF (5.54 MB) ( 66 ) Full Text

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Evaluating headache referral trends and practices across different settings in neurology clinics: insights from an international cross-sectional multicenter study

Hamit Genc, Derya Uluduz, Hayrunnisa Bolay, Betul Baykan, Isin Unal-Cevik, Najib Kissani, Otgonbayar Luvsannorov, Mansoureh Togha, Asena Ayca Ozdemir, Aynur Ozge, on behalf of the Head-MENAA Study Group

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.019

Abstract ( 622 ) PDF (610.03 kB) ( 46 ) Full Text

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Loss of SCRG1 in chondrocytes inhibits osteoarthritis by promoting autophagy activity in the temporomandibular joint through inhibition of neurokine receptors

JiaJun Zhang, LePing Yuan, YanYan Zhang, HaoYang Jin, YeKe Zhao, XiaoKe Zeng, YanHui Zou, KeYu Wang, Xin Nie

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.020

Abstract ( 615 ) PDF (6.53 MB) ( 70 ) Full Text

Published Ahead of Print

Open Access

Resonance massage tool effects in non-migraine headache management

Gerry Leisman, Yanin Machado-Ferrer, Mauricio Chinchilla-Acosta

Online publish date: 27 March 2025

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.005

Abstract ( 1103 ) PDF (1.44 MB) ( 104 ) Full Text

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Association of temporomandibular disorders and other jaw anomalies in chewing gum users—a systematic review

Mohammad Khursheed Alam, Maher AL Shayeb, Prabhu Manickam Natarajan, Huda Abutayyem, Marco Di Blasio, Maria Maddalena Marrapodi, Marco Cicciù, Giuseppe Minervini

Online publish date: 25 March 2025

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.022

Abstract ( 364 ) PDF (1.98 MB) ( 57 ) Full Text

Special Issues

Special issue title:

Orofacial Muscle Activities and Pain

Keywords: Pain; Bruxism; Oral behaviors; Dyskinesia; Dystonia

Editor: Prof. Frank Lobbezoo, DDS, PhD,Asst. Prof. Wendy Knibbe, MSc,Asst. Prof. Merel C. Verhoeff, DDS, MSc, PhD

Submission deadline: 30 September 2026

Special issue title:

Headache and Orofacial Pain Interplay

Keywords: Migraine; Tension-type headache; Temporomandibular disorders; Chronic pain

Editor: Dr. Marcin Straburzynski, MD, PhD

Submission deadline: 01 March 2026

Special issue title:

TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS MANAGEMENT —from bench to chairside

Keywords: Temporomandibular disorder; Pain; Evidence base; Research; Outcomes

Editor: Prof. Dr. David. A. Keith, BDS, DMD,Asst. Prof. Dr. Shruti Handa, DMD

Submission deadline: 28 February 2026

Special issue title:

New Horizons in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Temporomandibular Disorders: A Biopsychosocial Perspective

Keywords: Temporomandibular disorders; Orofacial Pain; Diagnosis; Prognosis; Treatment; Biopsychosocial

Editor: Prof. Ji Woon Park

Submission deadline: 28 February 2026

Special issue title:

Comprehensive Approach to Patients with Orofacial Pain

Keywords: Orofacial Pain; Temporomandibular Disorders; Temporomandibular Joint; Diagnosis; Treatment

Editor: Prof. Bruno Macedo de Sousa

Submission deadline: 28 February 2026

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Editor-in-Chief


Dr. Rafael Benoliel, BDS

Emeritus Professor, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA.

Professor Benoliel’s last appointment was at the Sourasky Medical Center as Chair of the Unit for Oral Medicine which he established (2022-2023). Currently he is involved in collaborative research with the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine and the Eastman Dental Institute (as Adjunct Professor in Rochester University) and manages a private Face and Head Pain Center in Tel Aviv, Israel. Previously he was the Associate Dean for Research and director of the Center for Orofacial Pain and Temporomandibular Disorders at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (2013-2021). Dr Benoliel served as a faculty member at The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine (1984-2013), where he was appointed Professor and chair of the Department of Oral Medicine (2003-2012). He served as research associate in the Unit of Neuronal Gene Expression at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (1997-1998). Dr Benoliel has published extensively on the subject of orofacial pain and headache; lectures extensively at national and international meetings; serves as Associate Editor for Cephalalgia (the leading headache journal) as well as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Oral and Facial Pain & Headache. He is co-editor of the highly commended textbook “Orofacial Pain and Headache”, now in the process of a 3rd edition. He has served on many important scientific committees including the Classification Committee of the International Headache Society, the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders, the IASP WHO Chronic Pain classification committee for ICD-11 and led the team that recently published the first International Classification for Orofacial Pain.