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 Special Issue

An exploration of possible future non-pharmacological multidisciplinary treatments to potentiate withdrawal strategy and recovery from medication overuse headache (MOH): a narrative review

Marco Balordi,Nicholas Diani,Mattia Sinatra,Daniele Lovattini,Gianluca Rossetto,Antonio Morandi,Angelo Bellinvia,Matteo Castaldo,Alessandro Viganò

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.032

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Headache and Orofacial Pain Interplay)

Abstract ( 228 ) PDF (1.08 MB) ( 36 ) Full Text

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Diagnosis-based pathways for conservative and minimally invasive management of temporomandibular disorders: a scoping review

Mohammad Gazali,Alfan Maulana Erdiansyah,Husni Mubarak,Abul Fauzi,Andi Tajrin,Hasanuddin Hasanuddin,Muhammad Ruslin

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.034

Abstract ( 166 ) PDF (1.42 MB) ( 45 ) Full Text

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Reciprocal association between neurovascular conflict and trigeminal neuralgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Raimundas Golubevas,Augustinas Buškus,Gintaras Janužis,Dainius Razukevičius,Jan Pavel Rokicki

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.035

Abstract ( 189 ) PDF (1.51 MB) ( 34 ) Full Text

Open Access Special Issue

Slow-inactivated sodium channels as a therapeutic target in trigeminal neuralgia: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis of lacosamide

Tonporn Meechumnarn,Somkiat Phutinart,Prakit Anukoolwittaya,Waritnun Kleechaya,Patcharanan Deprasertwong,Patavee Pajareya,Abhishet Varama,Noppachai Siranart,Sekh Thanprasertsuk

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.037

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modern Concepts and Evidence Base in Trigeminal Neuralgia)

Abstract ( 180 ) PDF (1.7 MB) ( 55 ) Full Text

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Qualitative validation of TnED©, an electronic instrument capturing pain dimensions in patients with trigeminal neuralgia

Amine S. Tahiri,Serena A. Dodhia,Sneha Chotaliya,Hossein Ansari,George Garibaldi,Robert Lasser,Joanna M. Zakrzewska

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.038

Abstract ( 177 ) PDF (885.03 kB) ( 25 ) Full Text

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Online validation of DC/TMD Axis II questionnaires for assessing temporomandibular disorders

Hande Uzunçıbuk,Maria Maddalena Marrapodi,Aida Meto,Marco Di Blasio,Vincenzo Ronsivalle,Diana Russo,Marco Cicciù,Giuseppe Minervini

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.040

Abstract ( 171 ) PDF (274.87 kB) ( 22 ) Full Text

Open Access Special Issue

Identifying neural oscillation and phase synchronization abnormalities in migraine and their predictive values in transcranial magnetic stimulation

Yujun Wang,Yazhen Han,Manli Huang,Zhongming Gao,Lingxiao Wang,Xiaolian Ma,Qing Zhang,Xianwei Che,Bolin Tan,Jiqing He

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.041

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Headache and Orofacial Pain Interplay)

Abstract ( 240 ) PDF (3.58 MB) ( 36 ) Full Text

Open Access Special Issue

Chronic pain after orthognathic surgery: a retrospective single-center study

Sakari Kettunen,Olli-Pekka Lappalainen,Laura Nykänen,Aleksi Haapanen,Antti Asikainen,Jussi Furuholm,Johanna Snäll

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.042

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Comprehensive Approach to Patients with Orofacial Pain)

Abstract ( 181 ) PDF (816.15 kB) ( 55 ) Full Text

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The prevalence of comorbid migraine in multiple sclerosis: do multiple sclerosis and migraine really coexist?

Katarzyna Kępczyńska,Patryk Sochań,Natalia Bednarczyk,Patrycja J. Sochań,Wojciech Domitrz,Jan Kochanowski,Izabela Domitrz

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.030

Abstract ( 1123 ) PDF (1.07 MB) ( 58 ) Full Text

Open Access Special Issue

Decoding the lipid-migraine link: a genetic and lipidomic investigation of migraine subtypes

Liang Zhang,Hong Li,Xiaocen Jin,Kaiyi Zhong,Lijun Liu,Jing Gao,Aijun Ma,Chunyan Jia

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.031

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Headache and Orofacial Pain Interplay)

Abstract ( 972 ) PDF (5.79 MB) ( 62 ) Full Text

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Special Issues

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.