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

Efficacy and safety of gepants in migraine management: a narrative review focusing on atogepant and rimegepant

Audrey Gautier,Thomas Gicquel,Marion Mercerolle,Brendan Le Daré

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.046

Abstract ( 242 ) PDF (623.95 kB) ( 46 ) Full Text

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The effect of psychological stress on masticatory muscle electromyography—a scoping review

Alexander Weden,Michail Koutris,Hedwig van der Meer

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.047

Abstract ( 254 ) PDF (1.18 MB) ( 42 ) Full Text

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Hypnosis and relaxation techniques in the management of temporomandibular disorders: a scoping review

Estelle Casazza,Benoit Ballester,Maxime Joncour,Yamina Benamara-Tlemsani,Jean-Philippe Ré,Anne Giraudeau

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.048

Abstract ( 183 ) PDF (1.35 MB) ( 52 ) Full Text

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Prevalence of dizziness in patients with temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Rayan Ibrahim H Binduhayyim,Sunil Kumar Vaddamanu,Masroor Ahmed Kanji,Rajesh Vyas,Marco Di Blasio,Gabriele Cervino,Maria Maddalena Marrapodi,Giuseppe Minervini

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.044

Abstract ( 1600 ) PDF (2.05 MB) ( 53 ) Full Text

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The impact of climatic factors on headache patterns: a 14-year time series analysis of cluster and tension-type headaches in primary care

Juan Nicolás Cuenca-Zaldívar,Carmen Corral del Villar,Silvia García Torres,Rafael Araujo Zamora,Paula Gragera Peña,Tiago José Gomes de Oliveira,Filipa Paisana Ricardo,Erika Meléndez-Oliva,Ada María González-González,Eleuterio A. Sánchez-Romero

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.045

Abstract ( 792 ) PDF (2.12 MB) ( 65 ) Full Text

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Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the Arabic version of the Orofacial Awakening Symptoms Questionnaire (OFASQ)

Christelle Haddad,Ziad Azar,Anthony Mathias,Lynn Fayad,Tia Azar,Tylor Cosgrove,Mirna Fawaz,Sahar Obeid,Feten Fekih-Romdhane,Souheil Hallit

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.050

Abstract ( 181 ) PDF (249.16 kB) ( 59 ) Full Text

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Psychological burden as the primary determinant of suicidal ideation in patients with temporomandibular disorders

Tatiana Sella Tunis,Itzhak Agayev,Aya Pessing-Shabi,Yifat Manor,Waseem Abboud,Shoshana Reiter

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.051

Abstract ( 236 ) PDF (1.96 MB) ( 64 ) Full Text

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Quantitative pupillometry as a marker of autonomic dysregulation in vestibular migraine

Gokce Saygi Uysal,Zulkuf Kucuktag,Aykut Ozdogan,Mevlut Yilmaz,Tuba Kuz Teksut,Gulce Kirazli

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.053

Abstract ( 219 ) PDF (646.18 kB) ( 54 ) Full Text

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Altered locus coeruleus functional connectivity in migraine without aura based on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging

Wanting Han,Yaxuan Wang,Xiaobin Huang,Fengfang Li,Di Zhang,Yujia Gao,Lindong Liu,Tong Fu,Xinying Wu

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.054

Abstract ( 233 ) PDF (4.14 MB) ( 56 ) Full Text

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Special Issues

Special issue title:

Gut Microbiome, Neuroimmune Regulation, and Epigenetic Mechanisms in Orofacial Pain

Keywords: Gut microbiome; Orofacial pain; Microbiota-derived metabolites; Neuroimmune regulation; Epigenetic mechanisms

Editor: Prof. Feng Tao, MD, PhD,Ran Tao, BDS, MS, PhD

Submission deadline: 31 May 2027

Special issue title:

Interdisciplinary Assessment and Management of Temporomandibular Disorders: Clinical Evaluation, Imaging, and Ultrasound-Guided Procedures

Keywords: Temporomandibular disorders; Interdisciplinary care; Imaging; Musculoskeletal ultrasound;Ultrasound-guided procedures

Editor: Prof. Dr. Eleuterio A. Sánchez-Romero,Prof. Dr. André Mariz de Almeida,Asst. Prof. Dr. Rob Sillevis

Submission deadline: 31 December 2026

Special issue title:

Burning Mouth Syndrome: Advances and Challenges in Pain Control

Keywords: Burning mouth syndrome; Neuropathic pain; Pain management; Analgesia; Central sensitization; Pharmacotherapy

Editor: Assoc. Prof., Fanglong Wu, MD, PhD

Submission deadline: 31 October 2026

Special issue title:

Burning Mouth Syndrome: Advancing Pathophysiology and Targeted Therapies

Keywords: Neuropathic; nociplastic; orofacial pain; oral mucosa

Editor: Prof. Yves Boucher, DDS, PhD,Prof. Nathan Moreau, DDS, PhD,Asst. Prof. Andre Porporatti, DDS, PhD

Submission deadline: 30 September 2026

Special issue title:

Modern Concepts and Evidence Base in Trigeminal Neuralgia

Keywords: Trigeminal Nerualgia; Neruovascular Conflict; Microvascular decompression; Radiofrequency thermorhizotomy; balloon compression; Radiosurgery; Evidence Based Medicine

Editor: Prof. Andrei Brinzeu, MD, PhD,Asst. Prof. Cristian Son, MSc

Submission deadline: 31 August 2026

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 August 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.