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Microsystem acupuncture reduces TMD pain
Categories: Miscellaneous, Facial
Microsystem acupuncture can reduce pain intensity in temporomandibular disorder ...
Acupuncture reduces pain in trigeminal neuralgia
Categories: Facial
Acupuncture can reduce pain and medication use in patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia ...
Acupuncture more effective than painkillers for dental pain
ndian investigators have found that acupuncture is more effective for pain relief than analgesics in the treatment of pulpitis (inflammation of dental pulp tissue) ...
Acupuncture useful for management of acute dental pain
Acupuncture analgesia is a useful method of pain control in patients with acute dental pain, a Brazilian study has found. A sample of 120 patients waiting for emergency dental care underwent one session of acupuncture, using the points Hegu L.I.-4, Neiting ST-44 and Lianquan REN-23, either alone or in combination. Reductions in pain were observed in all patients. Mean Visual Analog Scale pain scor ...
TCM effective for facial pain
Categories: Facial
The short-term phase of a comparative effectiveness study suggests that a combination of acupuncture and Chinese herbs is a safe and effective treatment for chronic facial pain caused by temporomandibular disorders (TMD).
ACUPUNCTURE & PAIN
Categories: Miscellaneous, Facial
A study carried out at the Department for Family Medicine at the University of Maryland has shown that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the treatment of postoperative oral surgery pain (Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 1999; 125(5): 567-572).
ELECTROACUPUNCTURE FOR DENTAL SURGERY PAIN
Categories: Facial
A Brazilian study has concluded that electroacupuncture (EA) is effective at controlling postoperative pain after dental surgery. Twenty-four patients with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected. Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia. On one side, extraction was carried out using EA both 24 hours prior to, and immediately after ...
ACUPUNCTURE AND POST-OPERATIVE ORAL SURGERY PAIN
Categories: Facial
In this study carried out at the University of Maryland, patients were randomly assigned to an acupuncture group or a placebo acupuncture group after third molar surgical extractions. The acupuncture group were treated at Hegu L.I.-4, Jiache ST-6, Xiaguan ST-7 and Yifeng SJ-17 on the affected side. The control group subjects were merely tapped in the vicinity of the points, using a needle guide tu ...
ACUPUNCTURE AND FACIAL PAIN
Categories: Facial
A retrospective study of 201 patients treated for facial pain by acupuncture over a 10-year period at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock, Scotland, showed that overall 62.7% reported improvement. For those with temperomandibular joint/muscle pain, 46% were cured out of 61% who benefited. For those with trigeminal neuralgia, 62.9% reported improvement. The author, Nazim Merchant, Consultant Oral &am ...
ACUPUNCTURE AND POST-OPERATIVE ORAL SURGERY PAIN
Categories: Facial
In this study carried out at the University of Maryland, patients were randomly assigned to an acupuncture group or a placebo acupuncture group after third molar surgical extractions. The acupuncture group were treated at Hegu L.I.-4, Jiache ST-6, Xiaguan ST-7 and Yifeng SJ-17 on the affected side. The control group subjects were merely tapped in the vicinity of the points, using a needle guide tu ...
Acupuncture helps facial pain
Categories: Fibromyaigia, Facial
Twenty-five patients suffering from orofacial pain (myofascial pain 15, temperomandibular joint synovitis 5, fibromyalgia 2, neuropathic pain 2, trigeminal neuralgia 1) were assessed for pain before and after treatment by acupuncture). All patients were treated at Hegu L.I.-4, with further points needled according to individual presentation. Patients received a mean of 3.8 treatments each. All exp ...
ACUPUNCTURE EASES FACIAL PAIN
Categories: Facial
Pain tolerance in the masticatory muscles of patients suffering from chronic myofascial pain has been found to increase significantly with acupuncture when compared with sham acupuncture. Acupuncture at Hegu L.I.-4 was compared with blunt, non-penetrating sham in 15 chronic myofascial pain subjects who were asked to clench their teeth for two minutes. A statistically significant difference in pain ...
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