Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache

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

Beyond the jaw: vocal, oropharyngeal and cognitive-linguistic biomarkers for precision pain phenotyping in TMD

Candice J Adams-Mitchell,Jacob Koshy,Rory Reever,Amir Shaikh,Patricia Lopes Cabrera,Selenia Rubio,Margarete C. Ribeiro-Dasilva,Roger B. Fillingim

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.056

Abstract ( 161 ) PDF (1.79 MB) ( 47 ) Full Text

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Resting-state fMRI correlates of acupuncture in migraine: a coordinate-based meta-analysis

Guo-Yun Liu,Ling-Hua Li,Zi-Min Cao,Zhe Chen,Zi-Chen Wang,Yi-Kun Yuan,Chao-Qun Yan,Jun Wang

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.058

Abstract ( 217 ) PDF (4.07 MB) ( 31 ) Full Text

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Compartment-specific redox modulation in migraine with aura: a systematic review of context-dependent mechanisms

Fengyu Li,Qishen Duan,Yu Li,Yilang Tian,Lijuan Lu,Xin Xin,Guoliang Zhu,Ying Zhou,Fanyi Kong

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.059

Abstract ( 165 ) PDF (5.56 MB) ( 29 ) Full Text

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Comparative analysis of pain experience and quality of life in patients with oral lichen planus and burning mouth syndrome

Ji-Won Kim,Hyo-Jung Jung,Je-Hyun Eom,Jong-Hoon Choi,Jeong-Seung Kwon,Mu-Yeol Cho,Yunwoo Kim,Young-Youn Kim,Hanseung Baek,Hye-Sung Kim,Hyung-Joon Ahn

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.060

Abstract ( 219 ) PDF (1.24 MB) ( 45 ) Full Text

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Associations between caffeine consumption, anxiety, temporomandibular disorders, and oral behaviors in university students in Brazil—a cross-sectional study

Ana Luiza Azevedo Gontijo,Monalisa Teixeira Santos de Macedo,Stefany Joaquina Sousa Farias,Edivar Ximenes de Aragao Junior,Karoline Bittencourt Mendes Leitão,Evelyn Mikaela Kogawa,Rodrigo Antonio de Medeiros

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.061

Abstract ( 179 ) PDF (235.42 kB) ( 42 ) Full Text

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Association between malocclusion and temporomandibular joint disorders: evidence from a Mendelian randomization study

Zhouqiang Wu,Sen Wang,Chang Liu,Zhiyi Zhao,Yan Feng,Yue Shan,Wen Li,Mengjie Wu

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.062

Abstract ( 151 ) PDF (11.49 MB) ( 49 ) Full Text

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Association between central sensitization inventory and taste alterations in patients with burning mouth syndrome: a cross-sectional study

Keita Takizawa,Kana Kawai-Ozasa,Sana Ohnuma,Fu Sakai,Kohei Shimizu,Eli Eliav,Noboru Noma

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.063

Abstract ( 170 ) PDF (1.7 MB) ( 33 ) Full Text

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Clinical outcomes and safety of Five Element Acupuncture for preventive treatment of primary headache disorders: a multi-center real-world longitudinal observational study

Shuo Cui,Yaping Liu,Jingjing Wang,Wenqian Ma,Zhenshan Luo,Ziwei Song,Zhongjie Chen,Jincao Zhou,Yuying Wang,Qianfeng Huang,Chao Yu,Yanping Chen,Zhishuai Liu,Yaoci Song,Yuqing Yin,Ruijuan Liu,Huan Wang,Dehua Tian,Fuyang Xian,Xiaohui Zhan,Jiping Li,Shengyuan Zhou

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.064

Abstract ( 182 ) PDF (5.92 MB) ( 47 ) Full Text

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Gut microbial and metabolomic alterations associated with herpetic trigeminal neuralgia: an exploratory multi-omics study

Mingyue Tian,Yangyang Wang,Cong Li,Jiaming Fan,Qing Chen,Huilian Bu,Xiaochong Fan,Qingying Liu

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2026.067

Abstract ( 207 ) PDF (6.38 MB) ( 25 ) Full Text

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Special Issues

Special issue title:

Vascular Contributions to Headache and Orofacial Pain: From Mechanism to Endovascular Intervention

Keywords: Orofacial pain; Secondary headache; Endovascular therapy; Middle meningeal artery embolization; Trigeminovascular system

Editor: Prof. Dr. Fawaz Al-Mufti, Dr. Eric Feldstein

Submission deadline: 30 September 2027

Special issue title:

Emerging Concepts in Migraine and Orofacial Pain: Research and Management

Keywords: Migraine; Orofacial migraine; Headache; Pathophysiology; Therapeutics

Editor: Prof. Dr. Parisa Gazerani, PhD

Submission deadline: 31 July 2027

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: 31 December 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.