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.


Clinical Handbook for Oral, Facial, and Head Pain

Articles

Open Access

Association of temporomandibular disorders and other jaw anomalies in chewing gum users—a systematic review

Mohammad Khursheed Alam,Maher AL Shayeb,Prabhu Manickam Natarajan,Huda Abutayyem,Marco Di Blasio,Maria Maddalena Marrapodi,Marco Cicciù,Giuseppe Minervini

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.022

Abstract ( 1103 ) PDF (1.98 MB) ( 88 ) Full Text

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Global prevalence of temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ahmed Yaseen Alqutaibi,Maged S. Alhammadi,Hatem Hazzaa Hamadallah,Ammar Abdulrahman Altarjami,Omar Talal Malosh,Aseel Mohammed Aloufi,Lama Mohammed Alkahtani,Faten Safran Alharbi,Esam Halboub,Abeer A. Almashraqi

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.025

Abstract ( 969 ) PDF (6.79 MB) ( 89 ) Full Text

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Prevalence of temporomandibular disorder in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients: a systematic review

Michele Cricri,Gaetano Luglio,Francesca Tropeano,Antonio Miele,Giovanni Domenico De Palma,Maria Maddalena Marrapodi,Diana Russo,Marco Cicciù,Giuseppe Minervini

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.026

Abstract ( 648 ) PDF (910.02 kB) ( 31 ) Full Text

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A randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled pilot study to assess the efficacy of erenumab in individuals with temporomandibular disorder

Harold C. Avila,Kurt Kroenke,George J. Eckert,Ana G. Gossweiler,Lorena del Carmen Galvez,Domenick T. Zero

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.027

Abstract ( 709 ) PDF (2.2 MB) ( 45 ) Full Text

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Resonance massage tool effects in non-migraine headache management

Gerry Leisman,Yanin Machado-Ferrer,Mauricio Chinchilla-Acosta

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.005

Abstract ( 2319 ) PDF (1.44 MB) ( 141 ) Full Text

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Causal effects of sleep behaviors on temporomandibular disorders and pain: a bidirectional mendelian randomization study

Yuxiao Zhang,Ahsawle Ozathaley,Xiangyao Wang,Yaxin Wu,Kehan Zhang,Yuanyuan Li,Gaoshaer Nuerlan,Qilin Li,Jing Mao,Haosen Li,Shiqiang Gong

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.029

Abstract ( 700 ) PDF (4.68 MB) ( 33 ) Full Text

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Postural and biomechanical insights in disc displacement with reduction

Ömer Dursun,Abdurrahman Tanhan,Mesut Arslan,Rabia Çelikel

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.030

Abstract ( 693 ) PDF (1.11 MB) ( 65 ) Full Text

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Exploring the professional and personal impact of migraine: a cross-sectional study in Greece

Maria Axiotidou,Theodoros Karapanayiotides,Doxa Papakonstantinou

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.031

Abstract ( 718 ) PDF (272.64 kB) ( 42 ) Full Text

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Assessment of oral health-related quality of life after total temporomandibular joint replacement

Alexandre Weber,Guilherme Ommizolo,Vanessa Rente,Roberto Ferreira Zanin,Cláiton Heitz,Eduardo Martinelli de Lima

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.032

Abstract ( 673 ) PDF (1.46 MB) ( 31 ) Full Text

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Perceptions of persistent idiopathic facial pain: a comprehensive study of adults in Ha'il city, Saudi Arabia

Abdullah F. Alshammari,Ahmed A. Madfa,Amal R. Alrashidi,Ebtisam A. Alshdokhy,Sattam S. Alshammari,Khlood A. Alkurdi

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.033

Abstract ( 677 ) PDF (241.21 kB) ( 40 ) Full Text

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Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the 8-item jaw functional limitation scale

Nazım Tolgahan Yıldız,Hikmet Kocaman,Hasan Bingöl

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.035

Abstract ( 691 ) PDF (990.02 kB) ( 37 ) Full Text

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Evaluating the reliability of myotonometry for assessing masseter muscle hypertrophy in healthy subjects

Małgorzata Gałczyńska-Rusin,Małgorzata Pobudek-Radzikowska,Zofia Maciejewska-Szaniec,Agnieszka Przystańska,Agata Czajka-Jakubowska

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.036

Abstract ( 679 ) PDF (796.18 kB) ( 48 ) Full Text

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Preclinical evaluation of dose-dependent effects of photobiomodulation therapy on persistent inflammation in the temporomandibular joint

Vinicius Almeida Carvalho,Amanda Almeida Martins,Amanda de Carvalho Desiderá,Glauce Crivelaro Nascimento,Laís Valencise Magri,Christie Ramos Andrade Leite-Panissi

DOI: 10.22514/jofph.2025.037

Abstract ( 738 ) PDF (2.55 MB) ( 35 ) Full Text

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From issue 1, 2024, Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache will be published by MRE Press. All articles are freely available under Open Access License.

Special Issues

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 February 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.