Research & Literature

Persistent idiopathic facial pain - a prospective systematic study of clinical characteristics and neuroanatomical findings at 3.0 Tesla MRI.

Maarbjerg S, Wolfram F, Heinskou TB, et al.

Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache 2017; (37(13)):1231-1240 doi:10.1177/0333102416675618.

Persistent idiopathic facial pain.

Benoliel R, Gaul C

Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache 2017; (37(7)):680-691 doi:10.1177/0333102417706349.

Neuromodulation and Devices in Trigeminal Neuralgia.

Weber K

Headache 2017; (57(10)):1648-1653 doi:10.1111/head.13166.

Orofacial pain - an update on diagnosis and management.

Ghurye S, McMillan R

British dental journal 2017; (223(9)):639-647 doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2017.879.

Altered cortical excitability in persistent idiopathic facial pain.

Galhardoni R, Ciampi de Andrade D, Puerta MY, et al.

Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache 2019; (39(2)):219-228 doi:10.1177/0333102418780426.

A comparative clinical and radiographic study on patients with chronic facial pain with and without temporomandibular disorder presenting to an otolaryngology clinic.

Effat KG

Cranio : the journal of craniomandibular practice 2021; (39(1)):5-11 doi:10.1080/08869634.2018.1563338.

Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain Associated with Somatoform Disorder in an 11-Year-Old Boy.

Sakurai Y, Fujii A, Kato F

Case reports in psychiatry 2019; (2019()):4627850 doi:10.1155/2019/4627850.

Diagnostic delay and suboptimal management in persistent idiopathic facial pain and persistent dentoalveolar pain; a cross-sectional study.

Hassona Y, El-Ma'aita A, Amarin J, Taee AA

Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology 2019; (127(6)):498-503 doi:10.1016/j.oooo.2019.02.013.

Neuropathic Characteristics In Patients With Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain.

Sukenaga N, Matsuki Y, Maeda L, et al.

Journal of pain research 2019; (12()):2801-2805 doi:10.2147/JPR.S218332.

Differences in the Clinical Characteristics of Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain (Atypical Odontalgia) Patients with or Without Neurovascular Compression of the Trigeminal Nerve.

Kawasaki K, Sugawara S, Watanabe K, et al.

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) 2020; (21(4)):814-821 doi:10.1093/pm/pnz300.

Imaging of orofacial pain.

Whyte A, Matias MATJ

Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology 2020; (49(6)):490-498 doi:10.1111/jop.13063.

Clinical presentations on a facial pain clinic.

Wilson CL, Mahmood H, Loescher A

British dental journal 2020; doi:10.1038/s41415-020-1989-5.

Chronic Facial Pain: Trigeminal Neuralgia, Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain, and Myofascial Pain Syndrome-An Evidence-Based Narrative Review and Etiological Hypothesis.

Gerwin R

International journal of environmental research and public health 2020; (17(19)) doi:10.3390/ijerph17197012.

Altered trigeminal pain processing on brainstem level in persistent idiopathic facial pain.

Ziegeler C, Schulte LH, May A

Pain 2021; (162(5)):1374-1378 doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002126.

Challenges of Misdiagnosis and Suboptimal Treatment of Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain and Atypical Odontalgia: A Retrospective Multi-Centric Cross-Sectional Investigation.

Xiao X, Jiang L, Liu L, et al.

Journal of pain research 2020; (13()):2853-2860 doi:10.2147/JPR.S269329.

Evaluation of patients suffered from burning mouth syndrome and persistent idiopathic facial pain using Japanese version PainDETECT questionnaire and depression scales.

Sato Boku A, Kimura H, Tokura T, et al.

Journal of dental sciences 2021; (16(1)):131-136 doi:10.1016/j.jds.2020.06.008.

Does persistent idiopathic facial pain relate to mood (affective) disorders.

Rokicki JP, Ivanauskas A, Adomaitienė V, et al.

Quintessence international (Berlin, Germany : 1985) 2021; (52(10)):888-895 doi:10.3290/j.qi.b1901299.

Characteristics and natural disease history of persistent idiopathic facial pain, trigeminal neuralgia, and neuropathic facial pain.

Ziegeler C, Brauns G, May A

Headache 2021; (61(9)):1441-1451 doi:10.1111/head.14212.

Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain (PIFP) in Patients Referred to a Multidisciplinary Centre in Italy: A Retrospective Observational Study.

Schweiger V, Nocini R, De Santis D, et al.

Journal of clinical medicine 2022; (11(13)) doi:10.3390/jcm11133821.

Multimodal pain therapy for persistent idiopathic facial pain - a pilot study.

Foerster Z, Kleinmann B, Schlueter N, et al.

BioPsychoSocial medicine 2022; (16(1)):25 doi:10.1186/s13030-022-00254-1.

Somatization and Medicalization in Patients with Unexplained Orofacial Pain.

Nagamine T

Alpha psychiatry 2023; (24(2)):75-76 doi:10.5152/alphapsychiatry.2023.221104.

Orofacial pain for clinicians: A review of constant and attack-like facial pain syndromes.

May A, Benoliel R, Imamura Y, et al.

Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache 2023; (43(8)):3331024231187160 doi:10.1177/03331024231187160.

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension as a Differential Diagnosis in Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain: A Case Report.

Gafar Ahmed M, Alnofaie H, Aljafar A, Albrahim H

Cureus 2024; (16(7)):e63721 doi:10.7759/cureus.63721.

Visualizing nociplastic pain: functional hyperexcitability in neuropathic and idiopathic facial pain syndromes.

May A, Ciancia V, Basedau H

The journal of headache and pain 2025; (26(1)):211 doi:10.1186/s10194-025-02133-w.

Facial Pain as the Initial Presentation of Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Case Report.

Anbiaee N, Pakfetrat A, Yousefi S, et al.

Clinical case reports 2025; (13(10)):e70944 doi:10.1002/ccr3.70944.

Management of persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP) - An international Delphi study.

Lindfors E, Alstergren P, Benoliel R, et al.

Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache 2025; (45(12)):3331024251399927 doi:10.1177/03331024251399927.

Differentiating Trigeminal Neuralgia From Persistent Idiopathic Dentoalveolar Pain and Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Nagamine T

Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2026; (84(6)):823-825 doi:10.1016/j.joms.2026.01.075.