Craniomandibular disorders in chronic orofacial pain patients

Forty-six patients with chronic orofacial pain were examined by a pain group consisting of specialists from different fields of dentistry. More than half of the patients presented a craniomandibular diagnosis. The pain had diminished or disappeared 1 year after treatment in 46% of the patients as a whole and in 39% of the patients with a craniomandibular diagnosis. Fifty-two percent of the patients with no relief of their chronic pain had a psychiatric diagnosis.