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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.
Interests:Pain Medicine; Orofacial Pain; Clinical Neurology; Headache; Neuropathic Pain; Myofascial Pain; Musculoskeletal Disorders; Cluster Headache; Muscle Pain; Neuralgia; Trigeminal Neuralgia; Temporomandibular Disorders

Associate Editor

Dr. Lene Baad-Hansen, DDS, PhD
Professor, Section for Orofacial Pain and Jaw Function, Department of Dentistry and Oral Health, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Scandinavian Center for Orofacial Neurosciences, Aarhus, Denmark
Interests:Orofacial Pain; Chronic Pain; Impaired Oral Function; Dentistry; Neuroscience; Pain Mechanisms
Dr. Maria Pigg, DDS
Associate Professor, Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University, Sweden
Interests:Acute Pain; Diagnostics; Endodontics; Neuropathic/Nociplastic Pain; Pain Assessment; Persistent Intraoral Pain; Somatosensory Testing
Dr. Takafumi Kato, DDS, PhD
Professor, Department of Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
Interests:Dental Sleep Medicine; Sleep Bruxism; Sleep Disorders; Oral Physiology; Neurophysiology
Dr. Oved Daniel, MD
Director, Headache and Facial Pain Clinic, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov), Tel Aviv, Israel
Interests:Clinical Neurology; Headache; Migraine; Cluster Headache
Dr. Richard Ohrbach, DDS, PhD
Professor, Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
Interests:Clinical Psychology; Temporomandibular Disorders; Reliability; Pain Assessment; Pain Measurement; Electromyography; Health Psychology; Orofacial Pain; Psychophysics; Epidemiology and Public Health; Psychosomatic Medicine

Editor Board Members

Dr. Gary M. Heir, DMD
Professor, Program and Clinical Director; Robert and Susan Carmel Chair in Algesiology; Center for Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine-Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Interests:Orofacial Pain; Chronic Pain; TMD; Neuropathic Pain; Headache; Lyme Disease
Dr. Paulo César Rodrigues Conti, DDS, PhD
Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Periodontics, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Bauru, Brazil
Interests:Orofacial Pain; Temporomandibular Disorders
Dr. Yaron Haviv, DMD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Oral Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
Interests:Orofacial Pain; Dental Sleep Medicine; Sleep Apnea; Migraine; Cluster Headache
Dr. Noboru Noma, DDS, PhD
Chief Professor, Department of Oral Medicine, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
Interests:Orofacial Pain; Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain; Headache
Dr. Giancarlo De la Torre Canales, DDS, PhD
Assistant Professor, Ingá University Center, Department of Dentistry, Uningá, Paraná, Brazil; Auxiliary Professor, Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CiiEM), Egas Moniz School of Health & Science, Caparica, Portugal; Researcher, Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Scandinavian Network for Orofacial Neurosciences (SCON), Huddinge, Sweden
Interests:Orofacial Pain; Temporomandibular Disorders; Myofascial Pain; Mastication; Botulinum Toxin-A; Chronic Pain
Dr. Vittorio Dibello, DDS, MSc
Department of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Interests:Oral Health; Oral frailty; Aging; Gerodontology; Endodontics
Dr. Rodrigo Lorenzi Poluha, DDS, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Dentistry, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Brazil
Interests:Orofacial Pain; Temporomandibular Disorders; Oral Rehabilitation
Dr. Davis C. Thomas, BDS, DDS, MSD, MSc Med, MSc
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, New Jersey, USA; Clinical Associate Professor of Dentistry, Rochester Medical School, New York, USA
Interests:Orofacial Pain; Craniomandibular Disorders; Craniomandibular Disorders
Dr. Fernando Ariel Hormazábal, DDS
Hospital Clínico Mutual de Seguridad. Hospital Clínico Dr. Félix Bulnes. Clínica SOMNO (Medicina del Sueño). Investigador Corporación Sintesys. Santiago, Chile
Interests:Temporomandibular Joint; Headache; Orofacial Pain; Bruxism; Sleep Apnea; Snoring
Dr. Sowmya Ananthan, BDS, DMD, MSD
Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Center for Temporomandibular Disorders & Orofacial Pain, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Interests:Management of Trigeminal Neuropathy; Sleep Disorders and Chronic Pain
Dr. Robert E. Delcanho, BDSc, MS.
Clinical Associate Professor at the Dental School, University of Western Australia and Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia; Adjunct Professor in Orofacial Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, Notre Dame University, Australia
Interests:Temporomandibular Disorders (TMJ-jaw); Orofacial Pain; Snoring; Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Dr. Merete Bakke, DDS, PhD, Dr.Odont.
Professor, Clinical Oral Physiology, Department of Odontology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Interests:Oral Physiology; Neuromuscular Disorders; Electromyography; Bite Force; Temporomandibular Disorders
Dr. Alfonso Gil-Martínez, MSc, PhD
Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Centro Superior de Estudios Universitarios La Salle, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28023, Madrid, Spain; CranioSPain Research Group, Centro Superior de Estudios Universitarios La Salle, 28023, Madrid, Spain; Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain; Unit of Physiotherapy, Hospital Universitario La Paz-Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
Interests:Physical Therapy; Neuropathic Pain; Headache; Oral and Facial Pain; Temporomandibular Pain Disorders
Dr. Xin Xiong, DDS
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontics, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Interests:Orofacial Pain; Temporomandibular Disorders; Orthodontics; TMJ Imaging; Quality of Life
Dr. Mieszko Wieckiewicz, DMD, PhD, MBA
Professor, Department of Experimental Dentistry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
Interests:Orofacial Pain; Temporomandibular Disorders; Sleep Medicine; Headache; Bruxism
Dr. Mariela Padilla, DDS, M.Ed
Associate Professor, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Interests:Orofacial Pain; Temporomandibular Disorders; Oral Health; Health Sciences Education Management
Dr. Juliana Geremias Chichorro, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Biological Sciences Sector, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Interests:Orofacial Pain Mechanisms and Therapeutics; Pain Pharmacology
Dr. Merel C. Verhoeff, DDS, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Interests:Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction; Bruxism; Parkinson's Disease; Quality of Life
Dr. Alba Paris-Alemany, MD, PT, PhD
Professor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. Motion in Brains Research Group, Departamento de Fisioterapia, CSEU La Salle, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Aravaca, Spain; Instituto de Dolor Craneofacial y Neuromusculoesquelético (INDCRAN), Madrid, Spain
Interests:Orofacial and Craniofacial Pain; Headaches; TMD; Neck Pain; Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction; Movement Representation; Physical Therapy; Chronic Pain
Dr. Vishal R. Aggarwal, BDS, MFDSRCS, MPH, PhD, FCGDent
Associate Professor, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Interests:Chronic Orofacial Pain; Epidemiology; Complex Interventions; Academic Primary Dental Care; Self-management; Long-term Conditions; Global Health
Dr. Juliana Stuginski-Barbosa, DDS, PhD
Professor, Bauru Orofacial Pain Group, Institute of Dental Education of Bauru, Bauru, Brazil
Interests:Temporomandibular Dysfunction; Orofacial Pain; Headache; Neuropathic Pain; Non-odontogenic Tooth Pain; Bruxism
Dr. Nathan Moreau, DDS, MSc, PhD
Professor, Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Oro-Faciale (EA 7543), Université Paris Cité and Hôpital Bretonneau (AP-HP), Paris, France
Interests:Oral Medicine; Oral Surgery; Orofacial Neuropathic Pain; Orofacial Pain Diagnosis and Treatment; Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain and Headache
Dr. Masamichi Shinoda, DDS, PhD
Professor, Department of Physiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
Interests:Orofacial Pain; Oral Physiology; Neuroscience
Dr. Daniela Aparecida de Godoi Gonçalves, DDS, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Dentistry, Araraquara, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Brazil
Interests:Orofacial Pain; Temporomandibular Disorders; Epidemiology; Neuralgia; Temporomandibular Joint; Dysfunction and Headache
Dr. Roddy McMillan, BDS, MBChB, MFDS RCS, FDS(OM) RCPS, FHEA
Department of Oral Medicine & Facial Pain, Royal National ENT & Eastman Dental Hospitals, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; University College London Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK
Interests:Facial Pain; Oral Medicine and Medical Education
Dr. Ksenija Rener-Sitar, DDM, MS, PhD, FICD
Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Prosthodontics, University Dental Clinics, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests:Oral Health; Sleep Quality; Orofacial Pain; Temporomandibular Disorders

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