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Robert L Merrill1, Donald Goodman1
1Graduate Orofacial Pain Program, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Abstract:
Patients with chronic orofacial pain disorders have significant psychological distress that plays an important role in modulating and maintaining their pain. For many patients, doing procedures or giving them medications does not relieve their pain. This article discusses the role of cognitive behavioral therapy and other related types of therapy, including mindfulness practices in modulating their pain disorders and helping patients to understand and participate in exercises and practices that will downregulate their pain and add to their toolbox of things they can do to gain relief.
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