Avaliação funcional mandibular e sensitiva orofacial de doentes com neuralgia trigeminal tratados com compressão do gânglio trigeminal com balão

Functional and sensory evaluation of patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia: Comparison with controls

“…Do not evaluate TMD and other orofacial pain causes in patients with ITN is a bias in other studies, because these comorbidities are common and can aggravate or alter the symptoms reported by the patients. Our data are supported by previous publications [21,25].…”

“…The emotional compromise in ITN and chronic pain can also be worsened by the local or systemic comorbidies, and musculoskeletal or dental conditions need to be considered [21,25,29,41]. Our study showed higher depression and somatization traits in these patients compared with the controls [42].…”

“…It is known that more than 80% of the patients present wrong diagnosis and end up undergoing iatrogenic procedures [20] because ITN is usually associated with toothache [15,20]. In a study carried out by Siqueira [21] 62.9% of ITN patients underwent unnecessary dental treatments because of the symptoms provoked by ITN. Because odontalgia and ITN both have relief with local anesthesia, the odontogenic hypothesis cannot be discharged with this method [15].…”

Avaliação sensitiva orofacial, gustativa, olfativa e salivar em doentes com neuralgias trigeminais

“…Estes períodos de remissão podem ser muito longos, mas crises muito frequentes podem ser descritas como contínuas (Teixeira, 1998). Ao longo do curso da doença, esses períodos de remissão vão se tornando cada vez mais curtos, chegando até mesmo a desaparecer (Teixeira, 1998;Siqueira;Teixeira, 2001). A dor normalmente não acorda o doente durante o sono, sendo a NIT de caráter diurno com exacerbação no período matinal.…”