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ACUPUNCTURE AND FACIAL PAIN AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH
by Geoff DrsquoArcy Lic Ac DOM
Presented at the Yankee Dental Convention
Geoff DrsquoArcy LicAc DOM
Geoff brings the wealth of Eastern philosophy and training to the healing arts of acupuncture and herbal medicine He began his training in Japan in the mid-1970s and returned to England to gain his licentiate in Traditional Chinese Acupuncture Geoff went on to study Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in hospitals and colleges in China and received a doctorate in Oriental Medicine in the United States with his Thesis The Sensation and Perception of Pain
Geoff has co-founded two large integrative medical centers in Massachusetts and at the Marino Center for Progressive Medicine was director of the Pain Clinic Geoff developed an Integrative Pain Relief Program
He has written several books and produced and radio shows and a video series on Integrative Medicine He is president of DrsquoArcy Naturals Inc a company that produces all natural herbal formulas for humans and pets Geoff has been in practice for over 35 years and currently practices at the DrsquoArcy Wellness Clinic in Natick Massachusetts where he is founder and director
DrsquoArcy Wellness Clinic Tel 508-650-1921 63 South Main St Natick MA 01760
A pdf of this Power Point Presentation is available athelliphellip
wwwdarcynatcom
WHY CONSIDERING ALTERNATIVE NON-DRUG THERAPIES MAKE SENSE FOR PAIN
1 in every 4 Americans (who is prescribed an opioid for noncancer related pain) becomes addicted
Nearly 2 million Americans abused or became addicted to prescription opioids in 2014
20101 overdose deaths related to prescription pain relievers and 12990 overdose deaths related to heroin in 2015
httpwwwasamorgdocsdefault-sourceadvocacyopioid-addiction-disease-facts-figurespdf
Acupuncture Anesthesia
ldquoPut your profession where your mouth isrdquo
How does Acupuncture work
Gate-Control Theory of
Pain
In 1962 Ronald Melzack
and P D Wall proposed the
gate-control theory pain
perception is not simply a
direct response to the
stimulation of pain fibers
but is also mediated by the
cooperation of excitation
and inhibition in pain
pathways
How does Acupuncture work
Human body contains 14 major meridians
Energy (Qi) goes through the meridians
If the energy is not in balance diseases occur
Needles being inserted into body will smooth the energy and make the energy balance
Slide Acupuncture As A Treatment For TMJ amp Other Oral facial Pain
Jun Xu MD
Acupuncture
Traditional Chinese acupuncture has a
history of more than 2500 years and is
one of the best-known complementary
and alternative therapies
Acupuncture stimulates the nervous
system and alters the processing and
perception of pain signals and also
releases natural painkillers such as
endorphins and serotonin in the nervous
system
Acupunctures successful use for various
dental conditions has been proven
Physical characteristics
of the Acupuncture points-WHO
Points are corresponds to the high electrical
conductance points on the body surface
High density of gap junctions at the epithelia of the
acupuncture points
Gap junctions are hexagonal proteins that facilitate
intercellular communication and increase electric
conductivity
Research on Acupuncture (as of 2000)
A recent systematic review2 of published literature was able to identify 74
publications concerning the use of acupuncture in dentistry of which 17
reported randomised controlled trials (RCT)8ndash22
Nine of the trials achieved this level of these four investigated TMD and four
the use of acupuncture in post-operative pain management All four trials
covering TMD 912ndash16 showed some benefit comparable to occlusal splint
therapy
Three of the trials on post-operative pain management found acupuncture
effective101117
The other recent review analysed 16 trials of the analgesic effect of
acupuncture and found that the majority of the studies showed some positive
effect1 although the experimental nature of some of the studies made the evaluation of practical use difficult
However in summary it may be stated that where trials are competently
constructed and executed there is a body of scientific evidence supporting the
efficacy of acupuncture within dental practice
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Auricular Acupuncture Points
Acupuncture
needling
Acupuncture
pellets
for
extended
use
ACUPUNCTURE MIND-BODY AND SUPPLEMENTS IN MY PRACTICE
Acupuncture
Acupuncture Electro-Acupuncture Magnets Ear Acupuncture
Mind-Body Pain Relief Program
Workbook
Audios Progressive Relaxation Guided Pain Relief Techniques
Dietary Supplements
Herbal Anti-inflammatories
Pain Relief Formulas
Enzymes
Chronic Facial Pain Case History
Pain is the Obstruction of the Flow of Life Force (Qi)
55 year old woman with Oligo-astrocytoma had a surgical resection of the tumor this left her with major inflammation and pain from partial removal of temporalis muscle tissue from the right side of the temple and jaw making chewing excruciating
Treatment Plan Acupuncture treatments 2 x week for 5 weeks 10 treatments
Electro acupuncture was applied to the distal points on pathways that move through the Temro-mandibular joint and face St 44 amp 43 and LI 4 amp 11
Acupuncture GB241TW6 ST4 Per 6 GB2 TW 17 ST3 GB8
Ear Acupuncture Points Shenmen Facial Mandible
Mind-Body Pain Relief 25 minutes 2 x day
Supplements Wobenzyme 2 x 2 day Inflam Ease Herbal Formula
Results Pain Score was reduced from 8 to 2 over a 5 week period
(Patient was also treated concurrently for Chemo induced Nausea very successfully enabling her to complete her course of chemotherapy)
Case History
Temporalis Muscle Trigger Points Acupuncture Points
Conditions to consider integrating Acupuncture
bull Dental pain
bull Dental anxiety and gag reflex
bull Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain or temporomandibular disorder (TMD)
bull TMJ clicking and locking
bull Chronic muscle pain or spasm
bull Atypical facial pain
bull Headache (tension headache migraine)
bull Xerostomia (dry mouth)
bull Nerve pain (neuralgia especially trigeminal neuralgia neuropathic pain nerve injury)
bull Paresthesia or anesthesia of the oral and paraoral structures
Introduction to Acupuncture in DentistryBRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
ldquoAcupuncture is not a miracle cure and is not going to replace the drill However the technique can be a supplement to conventional treatments in TMDs facial pain pain management Sjoslashegrens syndrome and in phobias and anxietyrdquo
Acupuncture does have a scientific background and the efficacy has been tested in a number of clinical trials including pain management facial pain TMD and increasing of the pain thresholdrdquo
It is concluded that acupuncture could supplement conventional treatment modalities Its value in the treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction syndrome and facial pain has been well documented and supported by randomisedcontrolled trials Although it may be useful in the control of post-operative pain its use as sole analgesia for operative care is questionable The mode of action of acupuncture can be explained with reference to modern neurophysiology
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
httpwwwexodontiainfofilesBDJ_2000_Acupuncture_-_Introduction_to_Acupuncture_in_Dentistrypdf
Electro-acupuncture (EA)efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgeryand Postoperative pain and swelling
Postoperative pain and swelling after third-molar surgery are usually controlled by administering drugs to patients before and after surgery Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatorydrugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used to produce an inhibitory effect on the cyclo-oxygenase enzyme However these drugs are associated with increased bleeding tendency gastric ulcerations and other adverse effects
Tavares et alevaluated the efficacy of EA on postoperative pain control after mandibular third-molar surgery Postoperative pain intensity (rated on a 10-cm visual analogue scale [VAS]) was significantly lower for the EA side and analgesic intake decreased for all evaluated periods The researchers concluded that EA controlled postoperative pain following mandibular third-molar surgical removal
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG BorsattoMC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
MIND-BODYnothing is 100 in the mind orhellip 100 in the bodyhellip but some mix
between perception and sensation
A report from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center states
that ldquomeditation can be more effective than morphine This
is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of
meditation training can dramatically reduce both the
experience of pain and pain-related brain activation
40 per cent reduction in pain intensity and a
57 per cent reduction in pain unpleasantness
Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even
morphine or other pain-relieving drugs which typically
reduce pain ratings by about 25 per cent
MIND-BODYThe mind is the most powerful pharmaceutical factory on earth
Studies demonstrate that by doing only 20 minutes-a-day of a Guided Pain Relief Meditation Technique over a five-week period showed significant improvement for
A higher tolerance to pain
Decreased anxiety stress and depression
Increased activity levels
Decreased use of pain-related medications
Increased levels of self-esteem
(Mills 1981 Kabat-Zinn 1985 Harmon 1999)
MIND-BODYGUIDED PAIN RELIEF PROGRAM
Download the Natural Pain Relief Workbook
Pain Evaluation See what your pain score is before you start and then re-take it at the end for some good news
Download the Audios 20 minutes per day
Sweeping the Body Relaxation Week One Awareness technique ldquoSweeping the Bodyrdquo Relaxation
Guided Pain Relief Technique Week Two ldquoSofteningrdquo around the pain technique this is the main technique to practice
Rebalancing the Mind Week Three Balance Technique Re-balancing the Mind
Relaxing into Sleep Will help you relax and fall into a deep restful sleep
Free Access athellip
httpwwwtrue-wellnesscomindexphpprogramsmind-bodypain-relief
This may move to wwwdarcynatcom
Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
Geoff DrsquoArcy LicAc DOM
Geoff brings the wealth of Eastern philosophy and training to the healing arts of acupuncture and herbal medicine He began his training in Japan in the mid-1970s and returned to England to gain his licentiate in Traditional Chinese Acupuncture Geoff went on to study Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in hospitals and colleges in China and received a doctorate in Oriental Medicine in the United States with his Thesis The Sensation and Perception of Pain
Geoff has co-founded two large integrative medical centers in Massachusetts and at the Marino Center for Progressive Medicine was director of the Pain Clinic Geoff developed an Integrative Pain Relief Program
He has written several books and produced and radio shows and a video series on Integrative Medicine He is president of DrsquoArcy Naturals Inc a company that produces all natural herbal formulas for humans and pets Geoff has been in practice for over 35 years and currently practices at the DrsquoArcy Wellness Clinic in Natick Massachusetts where he is founder and director
DrsquoArcy Wellness Clinic Tel 508-650-1921 63 South Main St Natick MA 01760
A pdf of this Power Point Presentation is available athelliphellip
wwwdarcynatcom
WHY CONSIDERING ALTERNATIVE NON-DRUG THERAPIES MAKE SENSE FOR PAIN
1 in every 4 Americans (who is prescribed an opioid for noncancer related pain) becomes addicted
Nearly 2 million Americans abused or became addicted to prescription opioids in 2014
20101 overdose deaths related to prescription pain relievers and 12990 overdose deaths related to heroin in 2015
httpwwwasamorgdocsdefault-sourceadvocacyopioid-addiction-disease-facts-figurespdf
Acupuncture Anesthesia
ldquoPut your profession where your mouth isrdquo
How does Acupuncture work
Gate-Control Theory of
Pain
In 1962 Ronald Melzack
and P D Wall proposed the
gate-control theory pain
perception is not simply a
direct response to the
stimulation of pain fibers
but is also mediated by the
cooperation of excitation
and inhibition in pain
pathways
How does Acupuncture work
Human body contains 14 major meridians
Energy (Qi) goes through the meridians
If the energy is not in balance diseases occur
Needles being inserted into body will smooth the energy and make the energy balance
Slide Acupuncture As A Treatment For TMJ amp Other Oral facial Pain
Jun Xu MD
Acupuncture
Traditional Chinese acupuncture has a
history of more than 2500 years and is
one of the best-known complementary
and alternative therapies
Acupuncture stimulates the nervous
system and alters the processing and
perception of pain signals and also
releases natural painkillers such as
endorphins and serotonin in the nervous
system
Acupunctures successful use for various
dental conditions has been proven
Physical characteristics
of the Acupuncture points-WHO
Points are corresponds to the high electrical
conductance points on the body surface
High density of gap junctions at the epithelia of the
acupuncture points
Gap junctions are hexagonal proteins that facilitate
intercellular communication and increase electric
conductivity
Research on Acupuncture (as of 2000)
A recent systematic review2 of published literature was able to identify 74
publications concerning the use of acupuncture in dentistry of which 17
reported randomised controlled trials (RCT)8ndash22
Nine of the trials achieved this level of these four investigated TMD and four
the use of acupuncture in post-operative pain management All four trials
covering TMD 912ndash16 showed some benefit comparable to occlusal splint
therapy
Three of the trials on post-operative pain management found acupuncture
effective101117
The other recent review analysed 16 trials of the analgesic effect of
acupuncture and found that the majority of the studies showed some positive
effect1 although the experimental nature of some of the studies made the evaluation of practical use difficult
However in summary it may be stated that where trials are competently
constructed and executed there is a body of scientific evidence supporting the
efficacy of acupuncture within dental practice
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Auricular Acupuncture Points
Acupuncture
needling
Acupuncture
pellets
for
extended
use
ACUPUNCTURE MIND-BODY AND SUPPLEMENTS IN MY PRACTICE
Acupuncture
Acupuncture Electro-Acupuncture Magnets Ear Acupuncture
Mind-Body Pain Relief Program
Workbook
Audios Progressive Relaxation Guided Pain Relief Techniques
Dietary Supplements
Herbal Anti-inflammatories
Pain Relief Formulas
Enzymes
Chronic Facial Pain Case History
Pain is the Obstruction of the Flow of Life Force (Qi)
55 year old woman with Oligo-astrocytoma had a surgical resection of the tumor this left her with major inflammation and pain from partial removal of temporalis muscle tissue from the right side of the temple and jaw making chewing excruciating
Treatment Plan Acupuncture treatments 2 x week for 5 weeks 10 treatments
Electro acupuncture was applied to the distal points on pathways that move through the Temro-mandibular joint and face St 44 amp 43 and LI 4 amp 11
Acupuncture GB241TW6 ST4 Per 6 GB2 TW 17 ST3 GB8
Ear Acupuncture Points Shenmen Facial Mandible
Mind-Body Pain Relief 25 minutes 2 x day
Supplements Wobenzyme 2 x 2 day Inflam Ease Herbal Formula
Results Pain Score was reduced from 8 to 2 over a 5 week period
(Patient was also treated concurrently for Chemo induced Nausea very successfully enabling her to complete her course of chemotherapy)
Case History
Temporalis Muscle Trigger Points Acupuncture Points
Conditions to consider integrating Acupuncture
bull Dental pain
bull Dental anxiety and gag reflex
bull Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain or temporomandibular disorder (TMD)
bull TMJ clicking and locking
bull Chronic muscle pain or spasm
bull Atypical facial pain
bull Headache (tension headache migraine)
bull Xerostomia (dry mouth)
bull Nerve pain (neuralgia especially trigeminal neuralgia neuropathic pain nerve injury)
bull Paresthesia or anesthesia of the oral and paraoral structures
Introduction to Acupuncture in DentistryBRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
ldquoAcupuncture is not a miracle cure and is not going to replace the drill However the technique can be a supplement to conventional treatments in TMDs facial pain pain management Sjoslashegrens syndrome and in phobias and anxietyrdquo
Acupuncture does have a scientific background and the efficacy has been tested in a number of clinical trials including pain management facial pain TMD and increasing of the pain thresholdrdquo
It is concluded that acupuncture could supplement conventional treatment modalities Its value in the treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction syndrome and facial pain has been well documented and supported by randomisedcontrolled trials Although it may be useful in the control of post-operative pain its use as sole analgesia for operative care is questionable The mode of action of acupuncture can be explained with reference to modern neurophysiology
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
httpwwwexodontiainfofilesBDJ_2000_Acupuncture_-_Introduction_to_Acupuncture_in_Dentistrypdf
Electro-acupuncture (EA)efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgeryand Postoperative pain and swelling
Postoperative pain and swelling after third-molar surgery are usually controlled by administering drugs to patients before and after surgery Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatorydrugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used to produce an inhibitory effect on the cyclo-oxygenase enzyme However these drugs are associated with increased bleeding tendency gastric ulcerations and other adverse effects
Tavares et alevaluated the efficacy of EA on postoperative pain control after mandibular third-molar surgery Postoperative pain intensity (rated on a 10-cm visual analogue scale [VAS]) was significantly lower for the EA side and analgesic intake decreased for all evaluated periods The researchers concluded that EA controlled postoperative pain following mandibular third-molar surgical removal
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG BorsattoMC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
MIND-BODYnothing is 100 in the mind orhellip 100 in the bodyhellip but some mix
between perception and sensation
A report from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center states
that ldquomeditation can be more effective than morphine This
is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of
meditation training can dramatically reduce both the
experience of pain and pain-related brain activation
40 per cent reduction in pain intensity and a
57 per cent reduction in pain unpleasantness
Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even
morphine or other pain-relieving drugs which typically
reduce pain ratings by about 25 per cent
MIND-BODYThe mind is the most powerful pharmaceutical factory on earth
Studies demonstrate that by doing only 20 minutes-a-day of a Guided Pain Relief Meditation Technique over a five-week period showed significant improvement for
A higher tolerance to pain
Decreased anxiety stress and depression
Increased activity levels
Decreased use of pain-related medications
Increased levels of self-esteem
(Mills 1981 Kabat-Zinn 1985 Harmon 1999)
MIND-BODYGUIDED PAIN RELIEF PROGRAM
Download the Natural Pain Relief Workbook
Pain Evaluation See what your pain score is before you start and then re-take it at the end for some good news
Download the Audios 20 minutes per day
Sweeping the Body Relaxation Week One Awareness technique ldquoSweeping the Bodyrdquo Relaxation
Guided Pain Relief Technique Week Two ldquoSofteningrdquo around the pain technique this is the main technique to practice
Rebalancing the Mind Week Three Balance Technique Re-balancing the Mind
Relaxing into Sleep Will help you relax and fall into a deep restful sleep
Free Access athellip
httpwwwtrue-wellnesscomindexphpprogramsmind-bodypain-relief
This may move to wwwdarcynatcom
Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
WHY CONSIDERING ALTERNATIVE NON-DRUG THERAPIES MAKE SENSE FOR PAIN
1 in every 4 Americans (who is prescribed an opioid for noncancer related pain) becomes addicted
Nearly 2 million Americans abused or became addicted to prescription opioids in 2014
20101 overdose deaths related to prescription pain relievers and 12990 overdose deaths related to heroin in 2015
httpwwwasamorgdocsdefault-sourceadvocacyopioid-addiction-disease-facts-figurespdf
Acupuncture Anesthesia
ldquoPut your profession where your mouth isrdquo
How does Acupuncture work
Gate-Control Theory of
Pain
In 1962 Ronald Melzack
and P D Wall proposed the
gate-control theory pain
perception is not simply a
direct response to the
stimulation of pain fibers
but is also mediated by the
cooperation of excitation
and inhibition in pain
pathways
How does Acupuncture work
Human body contains 14 major meridians
Energy (Qi) goes through the meridians
If the energy is not in balance diseases occur
Needles being inserted into body will smooth the energy and make the energy balance
Slide Acupuncture As A Treatment For TMJ amp Other Oral facial Pain
Jun Xu MD
Acupuncture
Traditional Chinese acupuncture has a
history of more than 2500 years and is
one of the best-known complementary
and alternative therapies
Acupuncture stimulates the nervous
system and alters the processing and
perception of pain signals and also
releases natural painkillers such as
endorphins and serotonin in the nervous
system
Acupunctures successful use for various
dental conditions has been proven
Physical characteristics
of the Acupuncture points-WHO
Points are corresponds to the high electrical
conductance points on the body surface
High density of gap junctions at the epithelia of the
acupuncture points
Gap junctions are hexagonal proteins that facilitate
intercellular communication and increase electric
conductivity
Research on Acupuncture (as of 2000)
A recent systematic review2 of published literature was able to identify 74
publications concerning the use of acupuncture in dentistry of which 17
reported randomised controlled trials (RCT)8ndash22
Nine of the trials achieved this level of these four investigated TMD and four
the use of acupuncture in post-operative pain management All four trials
covering TMD 912ndash16 showed some benefit comparable to occlusal splint
therapy
Three of the trials on post-operative pain management found acupuncture
effective101117
The other recent review analysed 16 trials of the analgesic effect of
acupuncture and found that the majority of the studies showed some positive
effect1 although the experimental nature of some of the studies made the evaluation of practical use difficult
However in summary it may be stated that where trials are competently
constructed and executed there is a body of scientific evidence supporting the
efficacy of acupuncture within dental practice
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Auricular Acupuncture Points
Acupuncture
needling
Acupuncture
pellets
for
extended
use
ACUPUNCTURE MIND-BODY AND SUPPLEMENTS IN MY PRACTICE
Acupuncture
Acupuncture Electro-Acupuncture Magnets Ear Acupuncture
Mind-Body Pain Relief Program
Workbook
Audios Progressive Relaxation Guided Pain Relief Techniques
Dietary Supplements
Herbal Anti-inflammatories
Pain Relief Formulas
Enzymes
Chronic Facial Pain Case History
Pain is the Obstruction of the Flow of Life Force (Qi)
55 year old woman with Oligo-astrocytoma had a surgical resection of the tumor this left her with major inflammation and pain from partial removal of temporalis muscle tissue from the right side of the temple and jaw making chewing excruciating
Treatment Plan Acupuncture treatments 2 x week for 5 weeks 10 treatments
Electro acupuncture was applied to the distal points on pathways that move through the Temro-mandibular joint and face St 44 amp 43 and LI 4 amp 11
Acupuncture GB241TW6 ST4 Per 6 GB2 TW 17 ST3 GB8
Ear Acupuncture Points Shenmen Facial Mandible
Mind-Body Pain Relief 25 minutes 2 x day
Supplements Wobenzyme 2 x 2 day Inflam Ease Herbal Formula
Results Pain Score was reduced from 8 to 2 over a 5 week period
(Patient was also treated concurrently for Chemo induced Nausea very successfully enabling her to complete her course of chemotherapy)
Case History
Temporalis Muscle Trigger Points Acupuncture Points
Conditions to consider integrating Acupuncture
bull Dental pain
bull Dental anxiety and gag reflex
bull Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain or temporomandibular disorder (TMD)
bull TMJ clicking and locking
bull Chronic muscle pain or spasm
bull Atypical facial pain
bull Headache (tension headache migraine)
bull Xerostomia (dry mouth)
bull Nerve pain (neuralgia especially trigeminal neuralgia neuropathic pain nerve injury)
bull Paresthesia or anesthesia of the oral and paraoral structures
Introduction to Acupuncture in DentistryBRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
ldquoAcupuncture is not a miracle cure and is not going to replace the drill However the technique can be a supplement to conventional treatments in TMDs facial pain pain management Sjoslashegrens syndrome and in phobias and anxietyrdquo
Acupuncture does have a scientific background and the efficacy has been tested in a number of clinical trials including pain management facial pain TMD and increasing of the pain thresholdrdquo
It is concluded that acupuncture could supplement conventional treatment modalities Its value in the treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction syndrome and facial pain has been well documented and supported by randomisedcontrolled trials Although it may be useful in the control of post-operative pain its use as sole analgesia for operative care is questionable The mode of action of acupuncture can be explained with reference to modern neurophysiology
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
httpwwwexodontiainfofilesBDJ_2000_Acupuncture_-_Introduction_to_Acupuncture_in_Dentistrypdf
Electro-acupuncture (EA)efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgeryand Postoperative pain and swelling
Postoperative pain and swelling after third-molar surgery are usually controlled by administering drugs to patients before and after surgery Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatorydrugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used to produce an inhibitory effect on the cyclo-oxygenase enzyme However these drugs are associated with increased bleeding tendency gastric ulcerations and other adverse effects
Tavares et alevaluated the efficacy of EA on postoperative pain control after mandibular third-molar surgery Postoperative pain intensity (rated on a 10-cm visual analogue scale [VAS]) was significantly lower for the EA side and analgesic intake decreased for all evaluated periods The researchers concluded that EA controlled postoperative pain following mandibular third-molar surgical removal
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG BorsattoMC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
MIND-BODYnothing is 100 in the mind orhellip 100 in the bodyhellip but some mix
between perception and sensation
A report from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center states
that ldquomeditation can be more effective than morphine This
is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of
meditation training can dramatically reduce both the
experience of pain and pain-related brain activation
40 per cent reduction in pain intensity and a
57 per cent reduction in pain unpleasantness
Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even
morphine or other pain-relieving drugs which typically
reduce pain ratings by about 25 per cent
MIND-BODYThe mind is the most powerful pharmaceutical factory on earth
Studies demonstrate that by doing only 20 minutes-a-day of a Guided Pain Relief Meditation Technique over a five-week period showed significant improvement for
A higher tolerance to pain
Decreased anxiety stress and depression
Increased activity levels
Decreased use of pain-related medications
Increased levels of self-esteem
(Mills 1981 Kabat-Zinn 1985 Harmon 1999)
MIND-BODYGUIDED PAIN RELIEF PROGRAM
Download the Natural Pain Relief Workbook
Pain Evaluation See what your pain score is before you start and then re-take it at the end for some good news
Download the Audios 20 minutes per day
Sweeping the Body Relaxation Week One Awareness technique ldquoSweeping the Bodyrdquo Relaxation
Guided Pain Relief Technique Week Two ldquoSofteningrdquo around the pain technique this is the main technique to practice
Rebalancing the Mind Week Three Balance Technique Re-balancing the Mind
Relaxing into Sleep Will help you relax and fall into a deep restful sleep
Free Access athellip
httpwwwtrue-wellnesscomindexphpprogramsmind-bodypain-relief
This may move to wwwdarcynatcom
Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
Acupuncture Anesthesia
ldquoPut your profession where your mouth isrdquo
How does Acupuncture work
Gate-Control Theory of
Pain
In 1962 Ronald Melzack
and P D Wall proposed the
gate-control theory pain
perception is not simply a
direct response to the
stimulation of pain fibers
but is also mediated by the
cooperation of excitation
and inhibition in pain
pathways
How does Acupuncture work
Human body contains 14 major meridians
Energy (Qi) goes through the meridians
If the energy is not in balance diseases occur
Needles being inserted into body will smooth the energy and make the energy balance
Slide Acupuncture As A Treatment For TMJ amp Other Oral facial Pain
Jun Xu MD
Acupuncture
Traditional Chinese acupuncture has a
history of more than 2500 years and is
one of the best-known complementary
and alternative therapies
Acupuncture stimulates the nervous
system and alters the processing and
perception of pain signals and also
releases natural painkillers such as
endorphins and serotonin in the nervous
system
Acupunctures successful use for various
dental conditions has been proven
Physical characteristics
of the Acupuncture points-WHO
Points are corresponds to the high electrical
conductance points on the body surface
High density of gap junctions at the epithelia of the
acupuncture points
Gap junctions are hexagonal proteins that facilitate
intercellular communication and increase electric
conductivity
Research on Acupuncture (as of 2000)
A recent systematic review2 of published literature was able to identify 74
publications concerning the use of acupuncture in dentistry of which 17
reported randomised controlled trials (RCT)8ndash22
Nine of the trials achieved this level of these four investigated TMD and four
the use of acupuncture in post-operative pain management All four trials
covering TMD 912ndash16 showed some benefit comparable to occlusal splint
therapy
Three of the trials on post-operative pain management found acupuncture
effective101117
The other recent review analysed 16 trials of the analgesic effect of
acupuncture and found that the majority of the studies showed some positive
effect1 although the experimental nature of some of the studies made the evaluation of practical use difficult
However in summary it may be stated that where trials are competently
constructed and executed there is a body of scientific evidence supporting the
efficacy of acupuncture within dental practice
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Auricular Acupuncture Points
Acupuncture
needling
Acupuncture
pellets
for
extended
use
ACUPUNCTURE MIND-BODY AND SUPPLEMENTS IN MY PRACTICE
Acupuncture
Acupuncture Electro-Acupuncture Magnets Ear Acupuncture
Mind-Body Pain Relief Program
Workbook
Audios Progressive Relaxation Guided Pain Relief Techniques
Dietary Supplements
Herbal Anti-inflammatories
Pain Relief Formulas
Enzymes
Chronic Facial Pain Case History
Pain is the Obstruction of the Flow of Life Force (Qi)
55 year old woman with Oligo-astrocytoma had a surgical resection of the tumor this left her with major inflammation and pain from partial removal of temporalis muscle tissue from the right side of the temple and jaw making chewing excruciating
Treatment Plan Acupuncture treatments 2 x week for 5 weeks 10 treatments
Electro acupuncture was applied to the distal points on pathways that move through the Temro-mandibular joint and face St 44 amp 43 and LI 4 amp 11
Acupuncture GB241TW6 ST4 Per 6 GB2 TW 17 ST3 GB8
Ear Acupuncture Points Shenmen Facial Mandible
Mind-Body Pain Relief 25 minutes 2 x day
Supplements Wobenzyme 2 x 2 day Inflam Ease Herbal Formula
Results Pain Score was reduced from 8 to 2 over a 5 week period
(Patient was also treated concurrently for Chemo induced Nausea very successfully enabling her to complete her course of chemotherapy)
Case History
Temporalis Muscle Trigger Points Acupuncture Points
Conditions to consider integrating Acupuncture
bull Dental pain
bull Dental anxiety and gag reflex
bull Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain or temporomandibular disorder (TMD)
bull TMJ clicking and locking
bull Chronic muscle pain or spasm
bull Atypical facial pain
bull Headache (tension headache migraine)
bull Xerostomia (dry mouth)
bull Nerve pain (neuralgia especially trigeminal neuralgia neuropathic pain nerve injury)
bull Paresthesia or anesthesia of the oral and paraoral structures
Introduction to Acupuncture in DentistryBRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
ldquoAcupuncture is not a miracle cure and is not going to replace the drill However the technique can be a supplement to conventional treatments in TMDs facial pain pain management Sjoslashegrens syndrome and in phobias and anxietyrdquo
Acupuncture does have a scientific background and the efficacy has been tested in a number of clinical trials including pain management facial pain TMD and increasing of the pain thresholdrdquo
It is concluded that acupuncture could supplement conventional treatment modalities Its value in the treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction syndrome and facial pain has been well documented and supported by randomisedcontrolled trials Although it may be useful in the control of post-operative pain its use as sole analgesia for operative care is questionable The mode of action of acupuncture can be explained with reference to modern neurophysiology
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
httpwwwexodontiainfofilesBDJ_2000_Acupuncture_-_Introduction_to_Acupuncture_in_Dentistrypdf
Electro-acupuncture (EA)efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgeryand Postoperative pain and swelling
Postoperative pain and swelling after third-molar surgery are usually controlled by administering drugs to patients before and after surgery Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatorydrugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used to produce an inhibitory effect on the cyclo-oxygenase enzyme However these drugs are associated with increased bleeding tendency gastric ulcerations and other adverse effects
Tavares et alevaluated the efficacy of EA on postoperative pain control after mandibular third-molar surgery Postoperative pain intensity (rated on a 10-cm visual analogue scale [VAS]) was significantly lower for the EA side and analgesic intake decreased for all evaluated periods The researchers concluded that EA controlled postoperative pain following mandibular third-molar surgical removal
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG BorsattoMC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
MIND-BODYnothing is 100 in the mind orhellip 100 in the bodyhellip but some mix
between perception and sensation
A report from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center states
that ldquomeditation can be more effective than morphine This
is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of
meditation training can dramatically reduce both the
experience of pain and pain-related brain activation
40 per cent reduction in pain intensity and a
57 per cent reduction in pain unpleasantness
Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even
morphine or other pain-relieving drugs which typically
reduce pain ratings by about 25 per cent
MIND-BODYThe mind is the most powerful pharmaceutical factory on earth
Studies demonstrate that by doing only 20 minutes-a-day of a Guided Pain Relief Meditation Technique over a five-week period showed significant improvement for
A higher tolerance to pain
Decreased anxiety stress and depression
Increased activity levels
Decreased use of pain-related medications
Increased levels of self-esteem
(Mills 1981 Kabat-Zinn 1985 Harmon 1999)
MIND-BODYGUIDED PAIN RELIEF PROGRAM
Download the Natural Pain Relief Workbook
Pain Evaluation See what your pain score is before you start and then re-take it at the end for some good news
Download the Audios 20 minutes per day
Sweeping the Body Relaxation Week One Awareness technique ldquoSweeping the Bodyrdquo Relaxation
Guided Pain Relief Technique Week Two ldquoSofteningrdquo around the pain technique this is the main technique to practice
Rebalancing the Mind Week Three Balance Technique Re-balancing the Mind
Relaxing into Sleep Will help you relax and fall into a deep restful sleep
Free Access athellip
httpwwwtrue-wellnesscomindexphpprogramsmind-bodypain-relief
This may move to wwwdarcynatcom
Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
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Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
How does Acupuncture work
Gate-Control Theory of
Pain
In 1962 Ronald Melzack
and P D Wall proposed the
gate-control theory pain
perception is not simply a
direct response to the
stimulation of pain fibers
but is also mediated by the
cooperation of excitation
and inhibition in pain
pathways
How does Acupuncture work
Human body contains 14 major meridians
Energy (Qi) goes through the meridians
If the energy is not in balance diseases occur
Needles being inserted into body will smooth the energy and make the energy balance
Slide Acupuncture As A Treatment For TMJ amp Other Oral facial Pain
Jun Xu MD
Acupuncture
Traditional Chinese acupuncture has a
history of more than 2500 years and is
one of the best-known complementary
and alternative therapies
Acupuncture stimulates the nervous
system and alters the processing and
perception of pain signals and also
releases natural painkillers such as
endorphins and serotonin in the nervous
system
Acupunctures successful use for various
dental conditions has been proven
Physical characteristics
of the Acupuncture points-WHO
Points are corresponds to the high electrical
conductance points on the body surface
High density of gap junctions at the epithelia of the
acupuncture points
Gap junctions are hexagonal proteins that facilitate
intercellular communication and increase electric
conductivity
Research on Acupuncture (as of 2000)
A recent systematic review2 of published literature was able to identify 74
publications concerning the use of acupuncture in dentistry of which 17
reported randomised controlled trials (RCT)8ndash22
Nine of the trials achieved this level of these four investigated TMD and four
the use of acupuncture in post-operative pain management All four trials
covering TMD 912ndash16 showed some benefit comparable to occlusal splint
therapy
Three of the trials on post-operative pain management found acupuncture
effective101117
The other recent review analysed 16 trials of the analgesic effect of
acupuncture and found that the majority of the studies showed some positive
effect1 although the experimental nature of some of the studies made the evaluation of practical use difficult
However in summary it may be stated that where trials are competently
constructed and executed there is a body of scientific evidence supporting the
efficacy of acupuncture within dental practice
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Auricular Acupuncture Points
Acupuncture
needling
Acupuncture
pellets
for
extended
use
ACUPUNCTURE MIND-BODY AND SUPPLEMENTS IN MY PRACTICE
Acupuncture
Acupuncture Electro-Acupuncture Magnets Ear Acupuncture
Mind-Body Pain Relief Program
Workbook
Audios Progressive Relaxation Guided Pain Relief Techniques
Dietary Supplements
Herbal Anti-inflammatories
Pain Relief Formulas
Enzymes
Chronic Facial Pain Case History
Pain is the Obstruction of the Flow of Life Force (Qi)
55 year old woman with Oligo-astrocytoma had a surgical resection of the tumor this left her with major inflammation and pain from partial removal of temporalis muscle tissue from the right side of the temple and jaw making chewing excruciating
Treatment Plan Acupuncture treatments 2 x week for 5 weeks 10 treatments
Electro acupuncture was applied to the distal points on pathways that move through the Temro-mandibular joint and face St 44 amp 43 and LI 4 amp 11
Acupuncture GB241TW6 ST4 Per 6 GB2 TW 17 ST3 GB8
Ear Acupuncture Points Shenmen Facial Mandible
Mind-Body Pain Relief 25 minutes 2 x day
Supplements Wobenzyme 2 x 2 day Inflam Ease Herbal Formula
Results Pain Score was reduced from 8 to 2 over a 5 week period
(Patient was also treated concurrently for Chemo induced Nausea very successfully enabling her to complete her course of chemotherapy)
Case History
Temporalis Muscle Trigger Points Acupuncture Points
Conditions to consider integrating Acupuncture
bull Dental pain
bull Dental anxiety and gag reflex
bull Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain or temporomandibular disorder (TMD)
bull TMJ clicking and locking
bull Chronic muscle pain or spasm
bull Atypical facial pain
bull Headache (tension headache migraine)
bull Xerostomia (dry mouth)
bull Nerve pain (neuralgia especially trigeminal neuralgia neuropathic pain nerve injury)
bull Paresthesia or anesthesia of the oral and paraoral structures
Introduction to Acupuncture in DentistryBRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
ldquoAcupuncture is not a miracle cure and is not going to replace the drill However the technique can be a supplement to conventional treatments in TMDs facial pain pain management Sjoslashegrens syndrome and in phobias and anxietyrdquo
Acupuncture does have a scientific background and the efficacy has been tested in a number of clinical trials including pain management facial pain TMD and increasing of the pain thresholdrdquo
It is concluded that acupuncture could supplement conventional treatment modalities Its value in the treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction syndrome and facial pain has been well documented and supported by randomisedcontrolled trials Although it may be useful in the control of post-operative pain its use as sole analgesia for operative care is questionable The mode of action of acupuncture can be explained with reference to modern neurophysiology
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
httpwwwexodontiainfofilesBDJ_2000_Acupuncture_-_Introduction_to_Acupuncture_in_Dentistrypdf
Electro-acupuncture (EA)efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgeryand Postoperative pain and swelling
Postoperative pain and swelling after third-molar surgery are usually controlled by administering drugs to patients before and after surgery Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatorydrugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used to produce an inhibitory effect on the cyclo-oxygenase enzyme However these drugs are associated with increased bleeding tendency gastric ulcerations and other adverse effects
Tavares et alevaluated the efficacy of EA on postoperative pain control after mandibular third-molar surgery Postoperative pain intensity (rated on a 10-cm visual analogue scale [VAS]) was significantly lower for the EA side and analgesic intake decreased for all evaluated periods The researchers concluded that EA controlled postoperative pain following mandibular third-molar surgical removal
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG BorsattoMC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
MIND-BODYnothing is 100 in the mind orhellip 100 in the bodyhellip but some mix
between perception and sensation
A report from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center states
that ldquomeditation can be more effective than morphine This
is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of
meditation training can dramatically reduce both the
experience of pain and pain-related brain activation
40 per cent reduction in pain intensity and a
57 per cent reduction in pain unpleasantness
Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even
morphine or other pain-relieving drugs which typically
reduce pain ratings by about 25 per cent
MIND-BODYThe mind is the most powerful pharmaceutical factory on earth
Studies demonstrate that by doing only 20 minutes-a-day of a Guided Pain Relief Meditation Technique over a five-week period showed significant improvement for
A higher tolerance to pain
Decreased anxiety stress and depression
Increased activity levels
Decreased use of pain-related medications
Increased levels of self-esteem
(Mills 1981 Kabat-Zinn 1985 Harmon 1999)
MIND-BODYGUIDED PAIN RELIEF PROGRAM
Download the Natural Pain Relief Workbook
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Download the Audios 20 minutes per day
Sweeping the Body Relaxation Week One Awareness technique ldquoSweeping the Bodyrdquo Relaxation
Guided Pain Relief Technique Week Two ldquoSofteningrdquo around the pain technique this is the main technique to practice
Rebalancing the Mind Week Three Balance Technique Re-balancing the Mind
Relaxing into Sleep Will help you relax and fall into a deep restful sleep
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Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
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MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
How does Acupuncture work
Human body contains 14 major meridians
Energy (Qi) goes through the meridians
If the energy is not in balance diseases occur
Needles being inserted into body will smooth the energy and make the energy balance
Slide Acupuncture As A Treatment For TMJ amp Other Oral facial Pain
Jun Xu MD
Acupuncture
Traditional Chinese acupuncture has a
history of more than 2500 years and is
one of the best-known complementary
and alternative therapies
Acupuncture stimulates the nervous
system and alters the processing and
perception of pain signals and also
releases natural painkillers such as
endorphins and serotonin in the nervous
system
Acupunctures successful use for various
dental conditions has been proven
Physical characteristics
of the Acupuncture points-WHO
Points are corresponds to the high electrical
conductance points on the body surface
High density of gap junctions at the epithelia of the
acupuncture points
Gap junctions are hexagonal proteins that facilitate
intercellular communication and increase electric
conductivity
Research on Acupuncture (as of 2000)
A recent systematic review2 of published literature was able to identify 74
publications concerning the use of acupuncture in dentistry of which 17
reported randomised controlled trials (RCT)8ndash22
Nine of the trials achieved this level of these four investigated TMD and four
the use of acupuncture in post-operative pain management All four trials
covering TMD 912ndash16 showed some benefit comparable to occlusal splint
therapy
Three of the trials on post-operative pain management found acupuncture
effective101117
The other recent review analysed 16 trials of the analgesic effect of
acupuncture and found that the majority of the studies showed some positive
effect1 although the experimental nature of some of the studies made the evaluation of practical use difficult
However in summary it may be stated that where trials are competently
constructed and executed there is a body of scientific evidence supporting the
efficacy of acupuncture within dental practice
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Auricular Acupuncture Points
Acupuncture
needling
Acupuncture
pellets
for
extended
use
ACUPUNCTURE MIND-BODY AND SUPPLEMENTS IN MY PRACTICE
Acupuncture
Acupuncture Electro-Acupuncture Magnets Ear Acupuncture
Mind-Body Pain Relief Program
Workbook
Audios Progressive Relaxation Guided Pain Relief Techniques
Dietary Supplements
Herbal Anti-inflammatories
Pain Relief Formulas
Enzymes
Chronic Facial Pain Case History
Pain is the Obstruction of the Flow of Life Force (Qi)
55 year old woman with Oligo-astrocytoma had a surgical resection of the tumor this left her with major inflammation and pain from partial removal of temporalis muscle tissue from the right side of the temple and jaw making chewing excruciating
Treatment Plan Acupuncture treatments 2 x week for 5 weeks 10 treatments
Electro acupuncture was applied to the distal points on pathways that move through the Temro-mandibular joint and face St 44 amp 43 and LI 4 amp 11
Acupuncture GB241TW6 ST4 Per 6 GB2 TW 17 ST3 GB8
Ear Acupuncture Points Shenmen Facial Mandible
Mind-Body Pain Relief 25 minutes 2 x day
Supplements Wobenzyme 2 x 2 day Inflam Ease Herbal Formula
Results Pain Score was reduced from 8 to 2 over a 5 week period
(Patient was also treated concurrently for Chemo induced Nausea very successfully enabling her to complete her course of chemotherapy)
Case History
Temporalis Muscle Trigger Points Acupuncture Points
Conditions to consider integrating Acupuncture
bull Dental pain
bull Dental anxiety and gag reflex
bull Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain or temporomandibular disorder (TMD)
bull TMJ clicking and locking
bull Chronic muscle pain or spasm
bull Atypical facial pain
bull Headache (tension headache migraine)
bull Xerostomia (dry mouth)
bull Nerve pain (neuralgia especially trigeminal neuralgia neuropathic pain nerve injury)
bull Paresthesia or anesthesia of the oral and paraoral structures
Introduction to Acupuncture in DentistryBRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
ldquoAcupuncture is not a miracle cure and is not going to replace the drill However the technique can be a supplement to conventional treatments in TMDs facial pain pain management Sjoslashegrens syndrome and in phobias and anxietyrdquo
Acupuncture does have a scientific background and the efficacy has been tested in a number of clinical trials including pain management facial pain TMD and increasing of the pain thresholdrdquo
It is concluded that acupuncture could supplement conventional treatment modalities Its value in the treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction syndrome and facial pain has been well documented and supported by randomisedcontrolled trials Although it may be useful in the control of post-operative pain its use as sole analgesia for operative care is questionable The mode of action of acupuncture can be explained with reference to modern neurophysiology
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
httpwwwexodontiainfofilesBDJ_2000_Acupuncture_-_Introduction_to_Acupuncture_in_Dentistrypdf
Electro-acupuncture (EA)efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgeryand Postoperative pain and swelling
Postoperative pain and swelling after third-molar surgery are usually controlled by administering drugs to patients before and after surgery Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatorydrugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used to produce an inhibitory effect on the cyclo-oxygenase enzyme However these drugs are associated with increased bleeding tendency gastric ulcerations and other adverse effects
Tavares et alevaluated the efficacy of EA on postoperative pain control after mandibular third-molar surgery Postoperative pain intensity (rated on a 10-cm visual analogue scale [VAS]) was significantly lower for the EA side and analgesic intake decreased for all evaluated periods The researchers concluded that EA controlled postoperative pain following mandibular third-molar surgical removal
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG BorsattoMC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
MIND-BODYnothing is 100 in the mind orhellip 100 in the bodyhellip but some mix
between perception and sensation
A report from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center states
that ldquomeditation can be more effective than morphine This
is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of
meditation training can dramatically reduce both the
experience of pain and pain-related brain activation
40 per cent reduction in pain intensity and a
57 per cent reduction in pain unpleasantness
Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even
morphine or other pain-relieving drugs which typically
reduce pain ratings by about 25 per cent
MIND-BODYThe mind is the most powerful pharmaceutical factory on earth
Studies demonstrate that by doing only 20 minutes-a-day of a Guided Pain Relief Meditation Technique over a five-week period showed significant improvement for
A higher tolerance to pain
Decreased anxiety stress and depression
Increased activity levels
Decreased use of pain-related medications
Increased levels of self-esteem
(Mills 1981 Kabat-Zinn 1985 Harmon 1999)
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Sweeping the Body Relaxation Week One Awareness technique ldquoSweeping the Bodyrdquo Relaxation
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Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
Acupuncture
Traditional Chinese acupuncture has a
history of more than 2500 years and is
one of the best-known complementary
and alternative therapies
Acupuncture stimulates the nervous
system and alters the processing and
perception of pain signals and also
releases natural painkillers such as
endorphins and serotonin in the nervous
system
Acupunctures successful use for various
dental conditions has been proven
Physical characteristics
of the Acupuncture points-WHO
Points are corresponds to the high electrical
conductance points on the body surface
High density of gap junctions at the epithelia of the
acupuncture points
Gap junctions are hexagonal proteins that facilitate
intercellular communication and increase electric
conductivity
Research on Acupuncture (as of 2000)
A recent systematic review2 of published literature was able to identify 74
publications concerning the use of acupuncture in dentistry of which 17
reported randomised controlled trials (RCT)8ndash22
Nine of the trials achieved this level of these four investigated TMD and four
the use of acupuncture in post-operative pain management All four trials
covering TMD 912ndash16 showed some benefit comparable to occlusal splint
therapy
Three of the trials on post-operative pain management found acupuncture
effective101117
The other recent review analysed 16 trials of the analgesic effect of
acupuncture and found that the majority of the studies showed some positive
effect1 although the experimental nature of some of the studies made the evaluation of practical use difficult
However in summary it may be stated that where trials are competently
constructed and executed there is a body of scientific evidence supporting the
efficacy of acupuncture within dental practice
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Auricular Acupuncture Points
Acupuncture
needling
Acupuncture
pellets
for
extended
use
ACUPUNCTURE MIND-BODY AND SUPPLEMENTS IN MY PRACTICE
Acupuncture
Acupuncture Electro-Acupuncture Magnets Ear Acupuncture
Mind-Body Pain Relief Program
Workbook
Audios Progressive Relaxation Guided Pain Relief Techniques
Dietary Supplements
Herbal Anti-inflammatories
Pain Relief Formulas
Enzymes
Chronic Facial Pain Case History
Pain is the Obstruction of the Flow of Life Force (Qi)
55 year old woman with Oligo-astrocytoma had a surgical resection of the tumor this left her with major inflammation and pain from partial removal of temporalis muscle tissue from the right side of the temple and jaw making chewing excruciating
Treatment Plan Acupuncture treatments 2 x week for 5 weeks 10 treatments
Electro acupuncture was applied to the distal points on pathways that move through the Temro-mandibular joint and face St 44 amp 43 and LI 4 amp 11
Acupuncture GB241TW6 ST4 Per 6 GB2 TW 17 ST3 GB8
Ear Acupuncture Points Shenmen Facial Mandible
Mind-Body Pain Relief 25 minutes 2 x day
Supplements Wobenzyme 2 x 2 day Inflam Ease Herbal Formula
Results Pain Score was reduced from 8 to 2 over a 5 week period
(Patient was also treated concurrently for Chemo induced Nausea very successfully enabling her to complete her course of chemotherapy)
Case History
Temporalis Muscle Trigger Points Acupuncture Points
Conditions to consider integrating Acupuncture
bull Dental pain
bull Dental anxiety and gag reflex
bull Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain or temporomandibular disorder (TMD)
bull TMJ clicking and locking
bull Chronic muscle pain or spasm
bull Atypical facial pain
bull Headache (tension headache migraine)
bull Xerostomia (dry mouth)
bull Nerve pain (neuralgia especially trigeminal neuralgia neuropathic pain nerve injury)
bull Paresthesia or anesthesia of the oral and paraoral structures
Introduction to Acupuncture in DentistryBRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
ldquoAcupuncture is not a miracle cure and is not going to replace the drill However the technique can be a supplement to conventional treatments in TMDs facial pain pain management Sjoslashegrens syndrome and in phobias and anxietyrdquo
Acupuncture does have a scientific background and the efficacy has been tested in a number of clinical trials including pain management facial pain TMD and increasing of the pain thresholdrdquo
It is concluded that acupuncture could supplement conventional treatment modalities Its value in the treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction syndrome and facial pain has been well documented and supported by randomisedcontrolled trials Although it may be useful in the control of post-operative pain its use as sole analgesia for operative care is questionable The mode of action of acupuncture can be explained with reference to modern neurophysiology
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
httpwwwexodontiainfofilesBDJ_2000_Acupuncture_-_Introduction_to_Acupuncture_in_Dentistrypdf
Electro-acupuncture (EA)efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgeryand Postoperative pain and swelling
Postoperative pain and swelling after third-molar surgery are usually controlled by administering drugs to patients before and after surgery Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatorydrugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used to produce an inhibitory effect on the cyclo-oxygenase enzyme However these drugs are associated with increased bleeding tendency gastric ulcerations and other adverse effects
Tavares et alevaluated the efficacy of EA on postoperative pain control after mandibular third-molar surgery Postoperative pain intensity (rated on a 10-cm visual analogue scale [VAS]) was significantly lower for the EA side and analgesic intake decreased for all evaluated periods The researchers concluded that EA controlled postoperative pain following mandibular third-molar surgical removal
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG BorsattoMC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
MIND-BODYnothing is 100 in the mind orhellip 100 in the bodyhellip but some mix
between perception and sensation
A report from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center states
that ldquomeditation can be more effective than morphine This
is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of
meditation training can dramatically reduce both the
experience of pain and pain-related brain activation
40 per cent reduction in pain intensity and a
57 per cent reduction in pain unpleasantness
Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even
morphine or other pain-relieving drugs which typically
reduce pain ratings by about 25 per cent
MIND-BODYThe mind is the most powerful pharmaceutical factory on earth
Studies demonstrate that by doing only 20 minutes-a-day of a Guided Pain Relief Meditation Technique over a five-week period showed significant improvement for
A higher tolerance to pain
Decreased anxiety stress and depression
Increased activity levels
Decreased use of pain-related medications
Increased levels of self-esteem
(Mills 1981 Kabat-Zinn 1985 Harmon 1999)
MIND-BODYGUIDED PAIN RELIEF PROGRAM
Download the Natural Pain Relief Workbook
Pain Evaluation See what your pain score is before you start and then re-take it at the end for some good news
Download the Audios 20 minutes per day
Sweeping the Body Relaxation Week One Awareness technique ldquoSweeping the Bodyrdquo Relaxation
Guided Pain Relief Technique Week Two ldquoSofteningrdquo around the pain technique this is the main technique to practice
Rebalancing the Mind Week Three Balance Technique Re-balancing the Mind
Relaxing into Sleep Will help you relax and fall into a deep restful sleep
Free Access athellip
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Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
Physical characteristics
of the Acupuncture points-WHO
Points are corresponds to the high electrical
conductance points on the body surface
High density of gap junctions at the epithelia of the
acupuncture points
Gap junctions are hexagonal proteins that facilitate
intercellular communication and increase electric
conductivity
Research on Acupuncture (as of 2000)
A recent systematic review2 of published literature was able to identify 74
publications concerning the use of acupuncture in dentistry of which 17
reported randomised controlled trials (RCT)8ndash22
Nine of the trials achieved this level of these four investigated TMD and four
the use of acupuncture in post-operative pain management All four trials
covering TMD 912ndash16 showed some benefit comparable to occlusal splint
therapy
Three of the trials on post-operative pain management found acupuncture
effective101117
The other recent review analysed 16 trials of the analgesic effect of
acupuncture and found that the majority of the studies showed some positive
effect1 although the experimental nature of some of the studies made the evaluation of practical use difficult
However in summary it may be stated that where trials are competently
constructed and executed there is a body of scientific evidence supporting the
efficacy of acupuncture within dental practice
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Auricular Acupuncture Points
Acupuncture
needling
Acupuncture
pellets
for
extended
use
ACUPUNCTURE MIND-BODY AND SUPPLEMENTS IN MY PRACTICE
Acupuncture
Acupuncture Electro-Acupuncture Magnets Ear Acupuncture
Mind-Body Pain Relief Program
Workbook
Audios Progressive Relaxation Guided Pain Relief Techniques
Dietary Supplements
Herbal Anti-inflammatories
Pain Relief Formulas
Enzymes
Chronic Facial Pain Case History
Pain is the Obstruction of the Flow of Life Force (Qi)
55 year old woman with Oligo-astrocytoma had a surgical resection of the tumor this left her with major inflammation and pain from partial removal of temporalis muscle tissue from the right side of the temple and jaw making chewing excruciating
Treatment Plan Acupuncture treatments 2 x week for 5 weeks 10 treatments
Electro acupuncture was applied to the distal points on pathways that move through the Temro-mandibular joint and face St 44 amp 43 and LI 4 amp 11
Acupuncture GB241TW6 ST4 Per 6 GB2 TW 17 ST3 GB8
Ear Acupuncture Points Shenmen Facial Mandible
Mind-Body Pain Relief 25 minutes 2 x day
Supplements Wobenzyme 2 x 2 day Inflam Ease Herbal Formula
Results Pain Score was reduced from 8 to 2 over a 5 week period
(Patient was also treated concurrently for Chemo induced Nausea very successfully enabling her to complete her course of chemotherapy)
Case History
Temporalis Muscle Trigger Points Acupuncture Points
Conditions to consider integrating Acupuncture
bull Dental pain
bull Dental anxiety and gag reflex
bull Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain or temporomandibular disorder (TMD)
bull TMJ clicking and locking
bull Chronic muscle pain or spasm
bull Atypical facial pain
bull Headache (tension headache migraine)
bull Xerostomia (dry mouth)
bull Nerve pain (neuralgia especially trigeminal neuralgia neuropathic pain nerve injury)
bull Paresthesia or anesthesia of the oral and paraoral structures
Introduction to Acupuncture in DentistryBRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
ldquoAcupuncture is not a miracle cure and is not going to replace the drill However the technique can be a supplement to conventional treatments in TMDs facial pain pain management Sjoslashegrens syndrome and in phobias and anxietyrdquo
Acupuncture does have a scientific background and the efficacy has been tested in a number of clinical trials including pain management facial pain TMD and increasing of the pain thresholdrdquo
It is concluded that acupuncture could supplement conventional treatment modalities Its value in the treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction syndrome and facial pain has been well documented and supported by randomisedcontrolled trials Although it may be useful in the control of post-operative pain its use as sole analgesia for operative care is questionable The mode of action of acupuncture can be explained with reference to modern neurophysiology
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
httpwwwexodontiainfofilesBDJ_2000_Acupuncture_-_Introduction_to_Acupuncture_in_Dentistrypdf
Electro-acupuncture (EA)efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgeryand Postoperative pain and swelling
Postoperative pain and swelling after third-molar surgery are usually controlled by administering drugs to patients before and after surgery Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatorydrugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used to produce an inhibitory effect on the cyclo-oxygenase enzyme However these drugs are associated with increased bleeding tendency gastric ulcerations and other adverse effects
Tavares et alevaluated the efficacy of EA on postoperative pain control after mandibular third-molar surgery Postoperative pain intensity (rated on a 10-cm visual analogue scale [VAS]) was significantly lower for the EA side and analgesic intake decreased for all evaluated periods The researchers concluded that EA controlled postoperative pain following mandibular third-molar surgical removal
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG BorsattoMC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
MIND-BODYnothing is 100 in the mind orhellip 100 in the bodyhellip but some mix
between perception and sensation
A report from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center states
that ldquomeditation can be more effective than morphine This
is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of
meditation training can dramatically reduce both the
experience of pain and pain-related brain activation
40 per cent reduction in pain intensity and a
57 per cent reduction in pain unpleasantness
Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even
morphine or other pain-relieving drugs which typically
reduce pain ratings by about 25 per cent
MIND-BODYThe mind is the most powerful pharmaceutical factory on earth
Studies demonstrate that by doing only 20 minutes-a-day of a Guided Pain Relief Meditation Technique over a five-week period showed significant improvement for
A higher tolerance to pain
Decreased anxiety stress and depression
Increased activity levels
Decreased use of pain-related medications
Increased levels of self-esteem
(Mills 1981 Kabat-Zinn 1985 Harmon 1999)
MIND-BODYGUIDED PAIN RELIEF PROGRAM
Download the Natural Pain Relief Workbook
Pain Evaluation See what your pain score is before you start and then re-take it at the end for some good news
Download the Audios 20 minutes per day
Sweeping the Body Relaxation Week One Awareness technique ldquoSweeping the Bodyrdquo Relaxation
Guided Pain Relief Technique Week Two ldquoSofteningrdquo around the pain technique this is the main technique to practice
Rebalancing the Mind Week Three Balance Technique Re-balancing the Mind
Relaxing into Sleep Will help you relax and fall into a deep restful sleep
Free Access athellip
httpwwwtrue-wellnesscomindexphpprogramsmind-bodypain-relief
This may move to wwwdarcynatcom
Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
Research on Acupuncture (as of 2000)
A recent systematic review2 of published literature was able to identify 74
publications concerning the use of acupuncture in dentistry of which 17
reported randomised controlled trials (RCT)8ndash22
Nine of the trials achieved this level of these four investigated TMD and four
the use of acupuncture in post-operative pain management All four trials
covering TMD 912ndash16 showed some benefit comparable to occlusal splint
therapy
Three of the trials on post-operative pain management found acupuncture
effective101117
The other recent review analysed 16 trials of the analgesic effect of
acupuncture and found that the majority of the studies showed some positive
effect1 although the experimental nature of some of the studies made the evaluation of practical use difficult
However in summary it may be stated that where trials are competently
constructed and executed there is a body of scientific evidence supporting the
efficacy of acupuncture within dental practice
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Auricular Acupuncture Points
Acupuncture
needling
Acupuncture
pellets
for
extended
use
ACUPUNCTURE MIND-BODY AND SUPPLEMENTS IN MY PRACTICE
Acupuncture
Acupuncture Electro-Acupuncture Magnets Ear Acupuncture
Mind-Body Pain Relief Program
Workbook
Audios Progressive Relaxation Guided Pain Relief Techniques
Dietary Supplements
Herbal Anti-inflammatories
Pain Relief Formulas
Enzymes
Chronic Facial Pain Case History
Pain is the Obstruction of the Flow of Life Force (Qi)
55 year old woman with Oligo-astrocytoma had a surgical resection of the tumor this left her with major inflammation and pain from partial removal of temporalis muscle tissue from the right side of the temple and jaw making chewing excruciating
Treatment Plan Acupuncture treatments 2 x week for 5 weeks 10 treatments
Electro acupuncture was applied to the distal points on pathways that move through the Temro-mandibular joint and face St 44 amp 43 and LI 4 amp 11
Acupuncture GB241TW6 ST4 Per 6 GB2 TW 17 ST3 GB8
Ear Acupuncture Points Shenmen Facial Mandible
Mind-Body Pain Relief 25 minutes 2 x day
Supplements Wobenzyme 2 x 2 day Inflam Ease Herbal Formula
Results Pain Score was reduced from 8 to 2 over a 5 week period
(Patient was also treated concurrently for Chemo induced Nausea very successfully enabling her to complete her course of chemotherapy)
Case History
Temporalis Muscle Trigger Points Acupuncture Points
Conditions to consider integrating Acupuncture
bull Dental pain
bull Dental anxiety and gag reflex
bull Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain or temporomandibular disorder (TMD)
bull TMJ clicking and locking
bull Chronic muscle pain or spasm
bull Atypical facial pain
bull Headache (tension headache migraine)
bull Xerostomia (dry mouth)
bull Nerve pain (neuralgia especially trigeminal neuralgia neuropathic pain nerve injury)
bull Paresthesia or anesthesia of the oral and paraoral structures
Introduction to Acupuncture in DentistryBRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
ldquoAcupuncture is not a miracle cure and is not going to replace the drill However the technique can be a supplement to conventional treatments in TMDs facial pain pain management Sjoslashegrens syndrome and in phobias and anxietyrdquo
Acupuncture does have a scientific background and the efficacy has been tested in a number of clinical trials including pain management facial pain TMD and increasing of the pain thresholdrdquo
It is concluded that acupuncture could supplement conventional treatment modalities Its value in the treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction syndrome and facial pain has been well documented and supported by randomisedcontrolled trials Although it may be useful in the control of post-operative pain its use as sole analgesia for operative care is questionable The mode of action of acupuncture can be explained with reference to modern neurophysiology
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
httpwwwexodontiainfofilesBDJ_2000_Acupuncture_-_Introduction_to_Acupuncture_in_Dentistrypdf
Electro-acupuncture (EA)efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgeryand Postoperative pain and swelling
Postoperative pain and swelling after third-molar surgery are usually controlled by administering drugs to patients before and after surgery Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatorydrugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used to produce an inhibitory effect on the cyclo-oxygenase enzyme However these drugs are associated with increased bleeding tendency gastric ulcerations and other adverse effects
Tavares et alevaluated the efficacy of EA on postoperative pain control after mandibular third-molar surgery Postoperative pain intensity (rated on a 10-cm visual analogue scale [VAS]) was significantly lower for the EA side and analgesic intake decreased for all evaluated periods The researchers concluded that EA controlled postoperative pain following mandibular third-molar surgical removal
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG BorsattoMC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
MIND-BODYnothing is 100 in the mind orhellip 100 in the bodyhellip but some mix
between perception and sensation
A report from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center states
that ldquomeditation can be more effective than morphine This
is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of
meditation training can dramatically reduce both the
experience of pain and pain-related brain activation
40 per cent reduction in pain intensity and a
57 per cent reduction in pain unpleasantness
Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even
morphine or other pain-relieving drugs which typically
reduce pain ratings by about 25 per cent
MIND-BODYThe mind is the most powerful pharmaceutical factory on earth
Studies demonstrate that by doing only 20 minutes-a-day of a Guided Pain Relief Meditation Technique over a five-week period showed significant improvement for
A higher tolerance to pain
Decreased anxiety stress and depression
Increased activity levels
Decreased use of pain-related medications
Increased levels of self-esteem
(Mills 1981 Kabat-Zinn 1985 Harmon 1999)
MIND-BODYGUIDED PAIN RELIEF PROGRAM
Download the Natural Pain Relief Workbook
Pain Evaluation See what your pain score is before you start and then re-take it at the end for some good news
Download the Audios 20 minutes per day
Sweeping the Body Relaxation Week One Awareness technique ldquoSweeping the Bodyrdquo Relaxation
Guided Pain Relief Technique Week Two ldquoSofteningrdquo around the pain technique this is the main technique to practice
Rebalancing the Mind Week Three Balance Technique Re-balancing the Mind
Relaxing into Sleep Will help you relax and fall into a deep restful sleep
Free Access athellip
httpwwwtrue-wellnesscomindexphpprogramsmind-bodypain-relief
This may move to wwwdarcynatcom
Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
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Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
Auricular Acupuncture Points
Acupuncture
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Acupuncture
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for
extended
use
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Acupuncture
Acupuncture Electro-Acupuncture Magnets Ear Acupuncture
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Workbook
Audios Progressive Relaxation Guided Pain Relief Techniques
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Herbal Anti-inflammatories
Pain Relief Formulas
Enzymes
Chronic Facial Pain Case History
Pain is the Obstruction of the Flow of Life Force (Qi)
55 year old woman with Oligo-astrocytoma had a surgical resection of the tumor this left her with major inflammation and pain from partial removal of temporalis muscle tissue from the right side of the temple and jaw making chewing excruciating
Treatment Plan Acupuncture treatments 2 x week for 5 weeks 10 treatments
Electro acupuncture was applied to the distal points on pathways that move through the Temro-mandibular joint and face St 44 amp 43 and LI 4 amp 11
Acupuncture GB241TW6 ST4 Per 6 GB2 TW 17 ST3 GB8
Ear Acupuncture Points Shenmen Facial Mandible
Mind-Body Pain Relief 25 minutes 2 x day
Supplements Wobenzyme 2 x 2 day Inflam Ease Herbal Formula
Results Pain Score was reduced from 8 to 2 over a 5 week period
(Patient was also treated concurrently for Chemo induced Nausea very successfully enabling her to complete her course of chemotherapy)
Case History
Temporalis Muscle Trigger Points Acupuncture Points
Conditions to consider integrating Acupuncture
bull Dental pain
bull Dental anxiety and gag reflex
bull Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain or temporomandibular disorder (TMD)
bull TMJ clicking and locking
bull Chronic muscle pain or spasm
bull Atypical facial pain
bull Headache (tension headache migraine)
bull Xerostomia (dry mouth)
bull Nerve pain (neuralgia especially trigeminal neuralgia neuropathic pain nerve injury)
bull Paresthesia or anesthesia of the oral and paraoral structures
Introduction to Acupuncture in DentistryBRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
ldquoAcupuncture is not a miracle cure and is not going to replace the drill However the technique can be a supplement to conventional treatments in TMDs facial pain pain management Sjoslashegrens syndrome and in phobias and anxietyrdquo
Acupuncture does have a scientific background and the efficacy has been tested in a number of clinical trials including pain management facial pain TMD and increasing of the pain thresholdrdquo
It is concluded that acupuncture could supplement conventional treatment modalities Its value in the treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction syndrome and facial pain has been well documented and supported by randomisedcontrolled trials Although it may be useful in the control of post-operative pain its use as sole analgesia for operative care is questionable The mode of action of acupuncture can be explained with reference to modern neurophysiology
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
httpwwwexodontiainfofilesBDJ_2000_Acupuncture_-_Introduction_to_Acupuncture_in_Dentistrypdf
Electro-acupuncture (EA)efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgeryand Postoperative pain and swelling
Postoperative pain and swelling after third-molar surgery are usually controlled by administering drugs to patients before and after surgery Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatorydrugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used to produce an inhibitory effect on the cyclo-oxygenase enzyme However these drugs are associated with increased bleeding tendency gastric ulcerations and other adverse effects
Tavares et alevaluated the efficacy of EA on postoperative pain control after mandibular third-molar surgery Postoperative pain intensity (rated on a 10-cm visual analogue scale [VAS]) was significantly lower for the EA side and analgesic intake decreased for all evaluated periods The researchers concluded that EA controlled postoperative pain following mandibular third-molar surgical removal
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG BorsattoMC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
MIND-BODYnothing is 100 in the mind orhellip 100 in the bodyhellip but some mix
between perception and sensation
A report from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center states
that ldquomeditation can be more effective than morphine This
is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of
meditation training can dramatically reduce both the
experience of pain and pain-related brain activation
40 per cent reduction in pain intensity and a
57 per cent reduction in pain unpleasantness
Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even
morphine or other pain-relieving drugs which typically
reduce pain ratings by about 25 per cent
MIND-BODYThe mind is the most powerful pharmaceutical factory on earth
Studies demonstrate that by doing only 20 minutes-a-day of a Guided Pain Relief Meditation Technique over a five-week period showed significant improvement for
A higher tolerance to pain
Decreased anxiety stress and depression
Increased activity levels
Decreased use of pain-related medications
Increased levels of self-esteem
(Mills 1981 Kabat-Zinn 1985 Harmon 1999)
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Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
ACUPUNCTURE MIND-BODY AND SUPPLEMENTS IN MY PRACTICE
Acupuncture
Acupuncture Electro-Acupuncture Magnets Ear Acupuncture
Mind-Body Pain Relief Program
Workbook
Audios Progressive Relaxation Guided Pain Relief Techniques
Dietary Supplements
Herbal Anti-inflammatories
Pain Relief Formulas
Enzymes
Chronic Facial Pain Case History
Pain is the Obstruction of the Flow of Life Force (Qi)
55 year old woman with Oligo-astrocytoma had a surgical resection of the tumor this left her with major inflammation and pain from partial removal of temporalis muscle tissue from the right side of the temple and jaw making chewing excruciating
Treatment Plan Acupuncture treatments 2 x week for 5 weeks 10 treatments
Electro acupuncture was applied to the distal points on pathways that move through the Temro-mandibular joint and face St 44 amp 43 and LI 4 amp 11
Acupuncture GB241TW6 ST4 Per 6 GB2 TW 17 ST3 GB8
Ear Acupuncture Points Shenmen Facial Mandible
Mind-Body Pain Relief 25 minutes 2 x day
Supplements Wobenzyme 2 x 2 day Inflam Ease Herbal Formula
Results Pain Score was reduced from 8 to 2 over a 5 week period
(Patient was also treated concurrently for Chemo induced Nausea very successfully enabling her to complete her course of chemotherapy)
Case History
Temporalis Muscle Trigger Points Acupuncture Points
Conditions to consider integrating Acupuncture
bull Dental pain
bull Dental anxiety and gag reflex
bull Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain or temporomandibular disorder (TMD)
bull TMJ clicking and locking
bull Chronic muscle pain or spasm
bull Atypical facial pain
bull Headache (tension headache migraine)
bull Xerostomia (dry mouth)
bull Nerve pain (neuralgia especially trigeminal neuralgia neuropathic pain nerve injury)
bull Paresthesia or anesthesia of the oral and paraoral structures
Introduction to Acupuncture in DentistryBRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
ldquoAcupuncture is not a miracle cure and is not going to replace the drill However the technique can be a supplement to conventional treatments in TMDs facial pain pain management Sjoslashegrens syndrome and in phobias and anxietyrdquo
Acupuncture does have a scientific background and the efficacy has been tested in a number of clinical trials including pain management facial pain TMD and increasing of the pain thresholdrdquo
It is concluded that acupuncture could supplement conventional treatment modalities Its value in the treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction syndrome and facial pain has been well documented and supported by randomisedcontrolled trials Although it may be useful in the control of post-operative pain its use as sole analgesia for operative care is questionable The mode of action of acupuncture can be explained with reference to modern neurophysiology
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
httpwwwexodontiainfofilesBDJ_2000_Acupuncture_-_Introduction_to_Acupuncture_in_Dentistrypdf
Electro-acupuncture (EA)efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgeryand Postoperative pain and swelling
Postoperative pain and swelling after third-molar surgery are usually controlled by administering drugs to patients before and after surgery Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatorydrugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used to produce an inhibitory effect on the cyclo-oxygenase enzyme However these drugs are associated with increased bleeding tendency gastric ulcerations and other adverse effects
Tavares et alevaluated the efficacy of EA on postoperative pain control after mandibular third-molar surgery Postoperative pain intensity (rated on a 10-cm visual analogue scale [VAS]) was significantly lower for the EA side and analgesic intake decreased for all evaluated periods The researchers concluded that EA controlled postoperative pain following mandibular third-molar surgical removal
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG BorsattoMC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
MIND-BODYnothing is 100 in the mind orhellip 100 in the bodyhellip but some mix
between perception and sensation
A report from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center states
that ldquomeditation can be more effective than morphine This
is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of
meditation training can dramatically reduce both the
experience of pain and pain-related brain activation
40 per cent reduction in pain intensity and a
57 per cent reduction in pain unpleasantness
Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even
morphine or other pain-relieving drugs which typically
reduce pain ratings by about 25 per cent
MIND-BODYThe mind is the most powerful pharmaceutical factory on earth
Studies demonstrate that by doing only 20 minutes-a-day of a Guided Pain Relief Meditation Technique over a five-week period showed significant improvement for
A higher tolerance to pain
Decreased anxiety stress and depression
Increased activity levels
Decreased use of pain-related medications
Increased levels of self-esteem
(Mills 1981 Kabat-Zinn 1985 Harmon 1999)
MIND-BODYGUIDED PAIN RELIEF PROGRAM
Download the Natural Pain Relief Workbook
Pain Evaluation See what your pain score is before you start and then re-take it at the end for some good news
Download the Audios 20 minutes per day
Sweeping the Body Relaxation Week One Awareness technique ldquoSweeping the Bodyrdquo Relaxation
Guided Pain Relief Technique Week Two ldquoSofteningrdquo around the pain technique this is the main technique to practice
Rebalancing the Mind Week Three Balance Technique Re-balancing the Mind
Relaxing into Sleep Will help you relax and fall into a deep restful sleep
Free Access athellip
httpwwwtrue-wellnesscomindexphpprogramsmind-bodypain-relief
This may move to wwwdarcynatcom
Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
Chronic Facial Pain Case History
Pain is the Obstruction of the Flow of Life Force (Qi)
55 year old woman with Oligo-astrocytoma had a surgical resection of the tumor this left her with major inflammation and pain from partial removal of temporalis muscle tissue from the right side of the temple and jaw making chewing excruciating
Treatment Plan Acupuncture treatments 2 x week for 5 weeks 10 treatments
Electro acupuncture was applied to the distal points on pathways that move through the Temro-mandibular joint and face St 44 amp 43 and LI 4 amp 11
Acupuncture GB241TW6 ST4 Per 6 GB2 TW 17 ST3 GB8
Ear Acupuncture Points Shenmen Facial Mandible
Mind-Body Pain Relief 25 minutes 2 x day
Supplements Wobenzyme 2 x 2 day Inflam Ease Herbal Formula
Results Pain Score was reduced from 8 to 2 over a 5 week period
(Patient was also treated concurrently for Chemo induced Nausea very successfully enabling her to complete her course of chemotherapy)
Case History
Temporalis Muscle Trigger Points Acupuncture Points
Conditions to consider integrating Acupuncture
bull Dental pain
bull Dental anxiety and gag reflex
bull Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain or temporomandibular disorder (TMD)
bull TMJ clicking and locking
bull Chronic muscle pain or spasm
bull Atypical facial pain
bull Headache (tension headache migraine)
bull Xerostomia (dry mouth)
bull Nerve pain (neuralgia especially trigeminal neuralgia neuropathic pain nerve injury)
bull Paresthesia or anesthesia of the oral and paraoral structures
Introduction to Acupuncture in DentistryBRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
ldquoAcupuncture is not a miracle cure and is not going to replace the drill However the technique can be a supplement to conventional treatments in TMDs facial pain pain management Sjoslashegrens syndrome and in phobias and anxietyrdquo
Acupuncture does have a scientific background and the efficacy has been tested in a number of clinical trials including pain management facial pain TMD and increasing of the pain thresholdrdquo
It is concluded that acupuncture could supplement conventional treatment modalities Its value in the treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction syndrome and facial pain has been well documented and supported by randomisedcontrolled trials Although it may be useful in the control of post-operative pain its use as sole analgesia for operative care is questionable The mode of action of acupuncture can be explained with reference to modern neurophysiology
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
httpwwwexodontiainfofilesBDJ_2000_Acupuncture_-_Introduction_to_Acupuncture_in_Dentistrypdf
Electro-acupuncture (EA)efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgeryand Postoperative pain and swelling
Postoperative pain and swelling after third-molar surgery are usually controlled by administering drugs to patients before and after surgery Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatorydrugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used to produce an inhibitory effect on the cyclo-oxygenase enzyme However these drugs are associated with increased bleeding tendency gastric ulcerations and other adverse effects
Tavares et alevaluated the efficacy of EA on postoperative pain control after mandibular third-molar surgery Postoperative pain intensity (rated on a 10-cm visual analogue scale [VAS]) was significantly lower for the EA side and analgesic intake decreased for all evaluated periods The researchers concluded that EA controlled postoperative pain following mandibular third-molar surgical removal
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG BorsattoMC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
MIND-BODYnothing is 100 in the mind orhellip 100 in the bodyhellip but some mix
between perception and sensation
A report from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center states
that ldquomeditation can be more effective than morphine This
is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of
meditation training can dramatically reduce both the
experience of pain and pain-related brain activation
40 per cent reduction in pain intensity and a
57 per cent reduction in pain unpleasantness
Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even
morphine or other pain-relieving drugs which typically
reduce pain ratings by about 25 per cent
MIND-BODYThe mind is the most powerful pharmaceutical factory on earth
Studies demonstrate that by doing only 20 minutes-a-day of a Guided Pain Relief Meditation Technique over a five-week period showed significant improvement for
A higher tolerance to pain
Decreased anxiety stress and depression
Increased activity levels
Decreased use of pain-related medications
Increased levels of self-esteem
(Mills 1981 Kabat-Zinn 1985 Harmon 1999)
MIND-BODYGUIDED PAIN RELIEF PROGRAM
Download the Natural Pain Relief Workbook
Pain Evaluation See what your pain score is before you start and then re-take it at the end for some good news
Download the Audios 20 minutes per day
Sweeping the Body Relaxation Week One Awareness technique ldquoSweeping the Bodyrdquo Relaxation
Guided Pain Relief Technique Week Two ldquoSofteningrdquo around the pain technique this is the main technique to practice
Rebalancing the Mind Week Three Balance Technique Re-balancing the Mind
Relaxing into Sleep Will help you relax and fall into a deep restful sleep
Free Access athellip
httpwwwtrue-wellnesscomindexphpprogramsmind-bodypain-relief
This may move to wwwdarcynatcom
Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
Case History
Temporalis Muscle Trigger Points Acupuncture Points
Conditions to consider integrating Acupuncture
bull Dental pain
bull Dental anxiety and gag reflex
bull Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain or temporomandibular disorder (TMD)
bull TMJ clicking and locking
bull Chronic muscle pain or spasm
bull Atypical facial pain
bull Headache (tension headache migraine)
bull Xerostomia (dry mouth)
bull Nerve pain (neuralgia especially trigeminal neuralgia neuropathic pain nerve injury)
bull Paresthesia or anesthesia of the oral and paraoral structures
Introduction to Acupuncture in DentistryBRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
ldquoAcupuncture is not a miracle cure and is not going to replace the drill However the technique can be a supplement to conventional treatments in TMDs facial pain pain management Sjoslashegrens syndrome and in phobias and anxietyrdquo
Acupuncture does have a scientific background and the efficacy has been tested in a number of clinical trials including pain management facial pain TMD and increasing of the pain thresholdrdquo
It is concluded that acupuncture could supplement conventional treatment modalities Its value in the treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction syndrome and facial pain has been well documented and supported by randomisedcontrolled trials Although it may be useful in the control of post-operative pain its use as sole analgesia for operative care is questionable The mode of action of acupuncture can be explained with reference to modern neurophysiology
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
httpwwwexodontiainfofilesBDJ_2000_Acupuncture_-_Introduction_to_Acupuncture_in_Dentistrypdf
Electro-acupuncture (EA)efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgeryand Postoperative pain and swelling
Postoperative pain and swelling after third-molar surgery are usually controlled by administering drugs to patients before and after surgery Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatorydrugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used to produce an inhibitory effect on the cyclo-oxygenase enzyme However these drugs are associated with increased bleeding tendency gastric ulcerations and other adverse effects
Tavares et alevaluated the efficacy of EA on postoperative pain control after mandibular third-molar surgery Postoperative pain intensity (rated on a 10-cm visual analogue scale [VAS]) was significantly lower for the EA side and analgesic intake decreased for all evaluated periods The researchers concluded that EA controlled postoperative pain following mandibular third-molar surgical removal
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG BorsattoMC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
MIND-BODYnothing is 100 in the mind orhellip 100 in the bodyhellip but some mix
between perception and sensation
A report from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center states
that ldquomeditation can be more effective than morphine This
is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of
meditation training can dramatically reduce both the
experience of pain and pain-related brain activation
40 per cent reduction in pain intensity and a
57 per cent reduction in pain unpleasantness
Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even
morphine or other pain-relieving drugs which typically
reduce pain ratings by about 25 per cent
MIND-BODYThe mind is the most powerful pharmaceutical factory on earth
Studies demonstrate that by doing only 20 minutes-a-day of a Guided Pain Relief Meditation Technique over a five-week period showed significant improvement for
A higher tolerance to pain
Decreased anxiety stress and depression
Increased activity levels
Decreased use of pain-related medications
Increased levels of self-esteem
(Mills 1981 Kabat-Zinn 1985 Harmon 1999)
MIND-BODYGUIDED PAIN RELIEF PROGRAM
Download the Natural Pain Relief Workbook
Pain Evaluation See what your pain score is before you start and then re-take it at the end for some good news
Download the Audios 20 minutes per day
Sweeping the Body Relaxation Week One Awareness technique ldquoSweeping the Bodyrdquo Relaxation
Guided Pain Relief Technique Week Two ldquoSofteningrdquo around the pain technique this is the main technique to practice
Rebalancing the Mind Week Three Balance Technique Re-balancing the Mind
Relaxing into Sleep Will help you relax and fall into a deep restful sleep
Free Access athellip
httpwwwtrue-wellnesscomindexphpprogramsmind-bodypain-relief
This may move to wwwdarcynatcom
Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
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Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
Conditions to consider integrating Acupuncture
bull Dental pain
bull Dental anxiety and gag reflex
bull Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain or temporomandibular disorder (TMD)
bull TMJ clicking and locking
bull Chronic muscle pain or spasm
bull Atypical facial pain
bull Headache (tension headache migraine)
bull Xerostomia (dry mouth)
bull Nerve pain (neuralgia especially trigeminal neuralgia neuropathic pain nerve injury)
bull Paresthesia or anesthesia of the oral and paraoral structures
Introduction to Acupuncture in DentistryBRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
ldquoAcupuncture is not a miracle cure and is not going to replace the drill However the technique can be a supplement to conventional treatments in TMDs facial pain pain management Sjoslashegrens syndrome and in phobias and anxietyrdquo
Acupuncture does have a scientific background and the efficacy has been tested in a number of clinical trials including pain management facial pain TMD and increasing of the pain thresholdrdquo
It is concluded that acupuncture could supplement conventional treatment modalities Its value in the treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction syndrome and facial pain has been well documented and supported by randomisedcontrolled trials Although it may be useful in the control of post-operative pain its use as sole analgesia for operative care is questionable The mode of action of acupuncture can be explained with reference to modern neurophysiology
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
httpwwwexodontiainfofilesBDJ_2000_Acupuncture_-_Introduction_to_Acupuncture_in_Dentistrypdf
Electro-acupuncture (EA)efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgeryand Postoperative pain and swelling
Postoperative pain and swelling after third-molar surgery are usually controlled by administering drugs to patients before and after surgery Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatorydrugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used to produce an inhibitory effect on the cyclo-oxygenase enzyme However these drugs are associated with increased bleeding tendency gastric ulcerations and other adverse effects
Tavares et alevaluated the efficacy of EA on postoperative pain control after mandibular third-molar surgery Postoperative pain intensity (rated on a 10-cm visual analogue scale [VAS]) was significantly lower for the EA side and analgesic intake decreased for all evaluated periods The researchers concluded that EA controlled postoperative pain following mandibular third-molar surgical removal
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG BorsattoMC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
MIND-BODYnothing is 100 in the mind orhellip 100 in the bodyhellip but some mix
between perception and sensation
A report from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center states
that ldquomeditation can be more effective than morphine This
is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of
meditation training can dramatically reduce both the
experience of pain and pain-related brain activation
40 per cent reduction in pain intensity and a
57 per cent reduction in pain unpleasantness
Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even
morphine or other pain-relieving drugs which typically
reduce pain ratings by about 25 per cent
MIND-BODYThe mind is the most powerful pharmaceutical factory on earth
Studies demonstrate that by doing only 20 minutes-a-day of a Guided Pain Relief Meditation Technique over a five-week period showed significant improvement for
A higher tolerance to pain
Decreased anxiety stress and depression
Increased activity levels
Decreased use of pain-related medications
Increased levels of self-esteem
(Mills 1981 Kabat-Zinn 1985 Harmon 1999)
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Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
Introduction to Acupuncture in DentistryBRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
ldquoAcupuncture is not a miracle cure and is not going to replace the drill However the technique can be a supplement to conventional treatments in TMDs facial pain pain management Sjoslashegrens syndrome and in phobias and anxietyrdquo
Acupuncture does have a scientific background and the efficacy has been tested in a number of clinical trials including pain management facial pain TMD and increasing of the pain thresholdrdquo
It is concluded that acupuncture could supplement conventional treatment modalities Its value in the treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction syndrome and facial pain has been well documented and supported by randomisedcontrolled trials Although it may be useful in the control of post-operative pain its use as sole analgesia for operative care is questionable The mode of action of acupuncture can be explained with reference to modern neurophysiology
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
httpwwwexodontiainfofilesBDJ_2000_Acupuncture_-_Introduction_to_Acupuncture_in_Dentistrypdf
Electro-acupuncture (EA)efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgeryand Postoperative pain and swelling
Postoperative pain and swelling after third-molar surgery are usually controlled by administering drugs to patients before and after surgery Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatorydrugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used to produce an inhibitory effect on the cyclo-oxygenase enzyme However these drugs are associated with increased bleeding tendency gastric ulcerations and other adverse effects
Tavares et alevaluated the efficacy of EA on postoperative pain control after mandibular third-molar surgery Postoperative pain intensity (rated on a 10-cm visual analogue scale [VAS]) was significantly lower for the EA side and analgesic intake decreased for all evaluated periods The researchers concluded that EA controlled postoperative pain following mandibular third-molar surgical removal
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG BorsattoMC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
MIND-BODYnothing is 100 in the mind orhellip 100 in the bodyhellip but some mix
between perception and sensation
A report from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center states
that ldquomeditation can be more effective than morphine This
is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of
meditation training can dramatically reduce both the
experience of pain and pain-related brain activation
40 per cent reduction in pain intensity and a
57 per cent reduction in pain unpleasantness
Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even
morphine or other pain-relieving drugs which typically
reduce pain ratings by about 25 per cent
MIND-BODYThe mind is the most powerful pharmaceutical factory on earth
Studies demonstrate that by doing only 20 minutes-a-day of a Guided Pain Relief Meditation Technique over a five-week period showed significant improvement for
A higher tolerance to pain
Decreased anxiety stress and depression
Increased activity levels
Decreased use of pain-related medications
Increased levels of self-esteem
(Mills 1981 Kabat-Zinn 1985 Harmon 1999)
MIND-BODYGUIDED PAIN RELIEF PROGRAM
Download the Natural Pain Relief Workbook
Pain Evaluation See what your pain score is before you start and then re-take it at the end for some good news
Download the Audios 20 minutes per day
Sweeping the Body Relaxation Week One Awareness technique ldquoSweeping the Bodyrdquo Relaxation
Guided Pain Relief Technique Week Two ldquoSofteningrdquo around the pain technique this is the main technique to practice
Rebalancing the Mind Week Three Balance Technique Re-balancing the Mind
Relaxing into Sleep Will help you relax and fall into a deep restful sleep
Free Access athellip
httpwwwtrue-wellnesscomindexphpprogramsmind-bodypain-relief
This may move to wwwdarcynatcom
Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
Electro-acupuncture (EA)efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgeryand Postoperative pain and swelling
Postoperative pain and swelling after third-molar surgery are usually controlled by administering drugs to patients before and after surgery Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatorydrugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used to produce an inhibitory effect on the cyclo-oxygenase enzyme However these drugs are associated with increased bleeding tendency gastric ulcerations and other adverse effects
Tavares et alevaluated the efficacy of EA on postoperative pain control after mandibular third-molar surgery Postoperative pain intensity (rated on a 10-cm visual analogue scale [VAS]) was significantly lower for the EA side and analgesic intake decreased for all evaluated periods The researchers concluded that EA controlled postoperative pain following mandibular third-molar surgical removal
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG BorsattoMC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
MIND-BODYnothing is 100 in the mind orhellip 100 in the bodyhellip but some mix
between perception and sensation
A report from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center states
that ldquomeditation can be more effective than morphine This
is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of
meditation training can dramatically reduce both the
experience of pain and pain-related brain activation
40 per cent reduction in pain intensity and a
57 per cent reduction in pain unpleasantness
Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even
morphine or other pain-relieving drugs which typically
reduce pain ratings by about 25 per cent
MIND-BODYThe mind is the most powerful pharmaceutical factory on earth
Studies demonstrate that by doing only 20 minutes-a-day of a Guided Pain Relief Meditation Technique over a five-week period showed significant improvement for
A higher tolerance to pain
Decreased anxiety stress and depression
Increased activity levels
Decreased use of pain-related medications
Increased levels of self-esteem
(Mills 1981 Kabat-Zinn 1985 Harmon 1999)
MIND-BODYGUIDED PAIN RELIEF PROGRAM
Download the Natural Pain Relief Workbook
Pain Evaluation See what your pain score is before you start and then re-take it at the end for some good news
Download the Audios 20 minutes per day
Sweeping the Body Relaxation Week One Awareness technique ldquoSweeping the Bodyrdquo Relaxation
Guided Pain Relief Technique Week Two ldquoSofteningrdquo around the pain technique this is the main technique to practice
Rebalancing the Mind Week Three Balance Technique Re-balancing the Mind
Relaxing into Sleep Will help you relax and fall into a deep restful sleep
Free Access athellip
httpwwwtrue-wellnesscomindexphpprogramsmind-bodypain-relief
This may move to wwwdarcynatcom
Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
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Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
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Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
MIND-BODYThe mind is the most powerful pharmaceutical factory on earth
Studies demonstrate that by doing only 20 minutes-a-day of a Guided Pain Relief Meditation Technique over a five-week period showed significant improvement for
A higher tolerance to pain
Decreased anxiety stress and depression
Increased activity levels
Decreased use of pain-related medications
Increased levels of self-esteem
(Mills 1981 Kabat-Zinn 1985 Harmon 1999)
MIND-BODYGUIDED PAIN RELIEF PROGRAM
Download the Natural Pain Relief Workbook
Pain Evaluation See what your pain score is before you start and then re-take it at the end for some good news
Download the Audios 20 minutes per day
Sweeping the Body Relaxation Week One Awareness technique ldquoSweeping the Bodyrdquo Relaxation
Guided Pain Relief Technique Week Two ldquoSofteningrdquo around the pain technique this is the main technique to practice
Rebalancing the Mind Week Three Balance Technique Re-balancing the Mind
Relaxing into Sleep Will help you relax and fall into a deep restful sleep
Free Access athellip
httpwwwtrue-wellnesscomindexphpprogramsmind-bodypain-relief
This may move to wwwdarcynatcom
Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
MIND-BODYGUIDED PAIN RELIEF PROGRAM
Download the Natural Pain Relief Workbook
Pain Evaluation See what your pain score is before you start and then re-take it at the end for some good news
Download the Audios 20 minutes per day
Sweeping the Body Relaxation Week One Awareness technique ldquoSweeping the Bodyrdquo Relaxation
Guided Pain Relief Technique Week Two ldquoSofteningrdquo around the pain technique this is the main technique to practice
Rebalancing the Mind Week Three Balance Technique Re-balancing the Mind
Relaxing into Sleep Will help you relax and fall into a deep restful sleep
Free Access athellip
httpwwwtrue-wellnesscomindexphpprogramsmind-bodypain-relief
This may move to wwwdarcynatcom
Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
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Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
Acupuncture Studies
taken from Dentistry
Journals and Papers
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
Introduction to
acupuncture in
dentistry P Rosted
BRITISH DENTAL
JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture
in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
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in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH
DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME
189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
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NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL VOLUME 189
NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
StudiesStudies
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry P
Rosted BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
VOLUME 189 NO 3 AUGUST 12 2000
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
Acupuncture in 11 out of 15 studies proved effective in the
treatment of temperomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and as analgesia
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published paper
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
(Bensoussan 1999 Rosted 1998 Ernst 1998) Controlled trials have shown that ear acupuncture is as effective as intranasal midazolam in reducing dental anxiety
(Karst 2007) and that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the prevention of post-operative dental pain
(Lao 1999) and in reducing the gagging reflex
(Sari 2010) Evidence from case series suggests that acupuncture can reduce dental anxiety
(Rosted 2010) and the gagging reflex
(Rosted 2006) and that electroacupuncture can control post-operative pain after wisdom tooth extraction
(Tarares 2007) One controlled study found no effect on the pain threashold of dental pulp
(Goddard 2009)The systematic reviews are now more than 10 years old and up-to-date ones are called for to better evaluate the evidence
In general acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system and cause the release of neurochemical messenger molecules The resulting biochemical changes influence the bodys homeostatic mechanisms thus promoting physical and emotional well-being Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the analytical brain which is responsible for anxiety (Wu 1999)
Acupuncture may help relieve dental pain by
stimulating nerves located in muscles and other tissues which leads to release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors (eg neuropeptide Y serotonin) and changes the processing of pain in the brain and spinal cord (Pomeranz 1987 Han 2004 Zhao 2008 Zhou 2008 Lee 2009 Cheng 2009)
reducing the cardiovascular reflex elicited by toothache which is associated with the adrenergic system (Jung 2006)
increasing the release of adenosine which has antinociceptive properties (Goldman 2010)
modulating the limbic-paralimbic-neocortical network (Hui 2009)
reducing inflammation by promoting release of vascular and immunomodulatory factors (Kavoussi 2007 Zijlstra 2003)
increasing local microcirculation (Komori 2009) which aids dispersal of swelling
British Acupuncture Council
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
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How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
Systematic reviews
Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry
Br Dent J 2000 Aug 12189(3)136-40
Rosted P
The use of acupuncture in dentistry a review of the scientific validity of published papers
Oral Dis 1998 Jun4(2)100-4
Rosted P
Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
Oral Dis 2001 Mar7(2)109-15
Rosted P
Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin a systematic review of the last decade
La Touche R Angulo-Diacuteaz-Parrentildeo S de-la-Hoz JL Fernaacutendez-CarneroJ Ge HY Linares MT Mesa J Saacutenchez-Gutieacuterrez J J AlternComplement Med 2010 Jan16(1)107-12
Bells Palsy
Physical therapy for Bellrsquos palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis)
Teixeira LJ Valbuza JS Prado GF Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12)CD006283
Department of Neurology West China Hospital Sichuan University Wai Nan Guo Xue Xiang 37 Chengdu Sichuan China 610041
Dental painThe effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain a systematic reviewErnst E Pittler MH Br Dent J 1998 May 9184(9)443-7
Dry Mouth
Randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia among patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomaMeng Z Garcia MK Hu C Chiang J Chambers M Rosenthal DI Peng H Zhang Y Zhao Q Zhao G Liu L Spelman A Palmer JL Wei Q Cohen LCancer 2012 Jul 1118(13)3337-44 doi 101002cncr26550 Epub 2011 Nov 9
Dental AnxietyAuricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment ndash a randomised controlled trialMichalek-Sauberer A Gusenleitner E Gleiss A Tepper G Deusch EClin Oral Investig 2012 Jan 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Trigeminal NeuralgiaPractical application of meridian acupuncture treatment for trigeminal neuralgiaBeppu S Sato Y Amemiya Y Tode IAnesth Pain Control Dent 1992 Spring1(2)103-8
Post Operative Dental PainAcupuncture treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome after dental extractionRosted P Joslashrgensen VAcupunct Med 2002 Dec20(4)191-2
Thanks to httpbenzappincomacupuncture-in-dentistry
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
1 Rosted P Introduction to acupuncture in dentistry Br Dent J 2000189(3)136ndash140 [PubMed]
2 Stux G Pomeranz G Scientific Basis of Acupuncture Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer Verlag 1987
3 Lao L Bergman S Langenberg P Wong RH Berman B Efficacy of Chinese acupuncture on postoperative oral surgery pain Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 199579(4)423ndash428[PubMed]
4 Rosted P The use of acupuncture in dentistry A systematic review Acupunct Med 199816(1)43ndash48
5 Wong LB Acupuncture in dentistry Its possible role and application Proc Singapore Healthcare 201221(1)432ndash448
6 Michalek-Sauberer A Heinzl H Sator-Katzenschlager SM Monov G Knolle E Kress HGPerioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction Anesth Analg 2007104(3)542ndash547 [PubMed]
7 Ulett GA Han S Han JS Electroacupuncture Mechanisms and clinical application Biol Psychiatr 199844(2)129ndash138 [PubMed]
8 Fang J Jin Z Wang Y et al The salient characteristics of the central effects of acupuncture needling Limbicndashparalimbicndashneocortical network modulation Hum Brain Mapp 200930(4)1196ndash1206 [PubMed]
9 National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH Consensus Conference Acupuncture JAMA 1998280(17)1518ndash1524 [PubMed]
10 Ernst E Pittler MH The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute dental pain A systematic review Br Dent J 1998184(9)443ndash447 [PubMed]
11 Goddard G Albers D Effects of acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4) on electrical tooth pulp stimulation A randomized controlled pilot study Med Acupunct 200921(3)167ndash171
12 Chapman CR Chen AC Bonica JJ Effects of intrasegmental electrical acupuncture on dental pain Evaluation by threshold estimation and sensory decision Pain 19773(3)213ndash227 [PubMed]
13 Andersson S Lundeberg T Acupuncturemdashfrom empiricism to science Functional background to [sic] acupuncture effects in pain and disease Med Hypotheses 199545(3)271ndash281 [PubMed]
14 Rosted P Bundgaard M Can acupuncture reduce the induction time of a local anaestheticmdashA pilot study Acupunct Med 200321(3)92ndash99 [PubMed]
15 Simmons MS Oleson TD Auricular electrical stimulation and dental pain threshold Anesth Prog 199340(1)14ndash19 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
16 Tavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Braz Dent J 200718(2)158ndash162 [PubMed]
17 Lao L Bergman S Hamilton GR Langenberg P Berman B Evaluation of acupuncture for pain control after oral surgery A placebo-controlled trial Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999125(5)567ndash572 [PubMed]
18 Ribeiro DC Dental Acupuncture A Technique Against Pain 1st ed Satildeo Paulo Iacutecone 2002
19 Kitade T Ohyabu H Analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain after mandibular wisdom tooth extraction Acupunct Electrother Res 200025(2)109ndash115 [PubMed]
20 Ekblom A Hansson P Thomsson M Thomas M Increased postoperative pain and consumption of analgesics following acupuncture Pain 199144(3)241ndash247 [PubMed]
21 Zijlstra FJ van den Berg-de Lange I Huygen FJ Klein J Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture Mediators Inflamm 200312(2)59ndash69 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
22 Karst M Winterhalter M Muumlnte S et al Auricular acupuncture for dental anxiety A randomized controlled trial Anesth Analg 2007104(2)295ndash300 [PubMed]
23 Rosted P Bundgaard M Gordon S Pedersen AM Acupuncture in the management of anxiety related to dental treatment A case series Acupunct Med 201028(1)3ndash5 [PubMed]
24 Sari E Sari T The role of acupuncture in the treatment of orthodontic patients with a gagging reflex A pilot study Br Dent J 2010208(10)E19 [PubMed]
25 Rosted P Bundgaard M Fiske J Pedersen AM The use of acupuncture in controlling the gag reflex in patients requiring an upper alginate impression An audit Br Dent J 2006201(11)721ndash725discussion715 [PubMed]
26 List T Acupuncture in the treatment of patients with craniomandibular disorders Comparative longitudinal and methodological studies Swed Dent J Suppl 1992871ndash159 [PubMed]
27 Park J White A Stevinson C Ernst E James M Validating a new non-penetrating sham acupuncture device Two randomised controlled trials Acupunct Med 200220(4)168ndash174 [PubMed]
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
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How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
28 Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles J OrofacPain 200923(4)353ndash359 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
29 Cho SH Whang WW Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders A systematic review J Orofac Pain 201024(2)152ndash162 [PubMed]
30 Johnstone PA Peng YP May BC Inouye WS Niemtzow RC Acupuncture for pilocarpine-resistant xerostomia following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancies Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 200150(2)353ndash357 [PubMed]
31 Furness S Bryan G McMillan R Worthington HV Interventions for the management of dry mouth Non-pharmacological interventions Cochrane Database Syst Rev 20138CD009603 [PubMed]
32 Silva SA Acupuncture for the relief of pain of facial and dental origin Anesth Prog 198936(4ndash5)244ndash245 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
33 Chien TJ Liu CY Hsu CH Integrating acupuncture into cancer care J Tradit Complement Med 20133(4)234ndash239 [PMC free article] [PubMed]
34 Liang F Li Y Yu S et al A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bells palsy J Tradit Chin Med 200626(1)3ndash7 [PubMed]
35 Bensoussan A Systematic review of acupuncture in dental pain Focus Altern Complement Ther 1999415ndash16
36 Pomeranz B Scientific basis of acupuncture In Stux G editor Pomeranz B editor eds Acupuncture Textbook and Atlas Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 19871ndash18
37 Kavoussi B Ross BE The neuroimmune basis of anti-inflammatory acupuncture Integr Cancer Ther 20076(3)251ndash257 [PubMed]
Thanks to httpswwwncbinlmnihgovpmcarticlesPMC4270142
Naik PN Kiran RA Yalamanchal S Kumar VA Goli S Vashist N Acupuncture An Alternative Therapy in Dentistry and Its Possible Applications Medical Acupuncture 201426(6)308-314 doi101089acu20141028
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
Ann Ital Chir 1995 May-Jun66(3)373-8
[Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with electroacupuncture Experience with 104
cases]Costantini D Tomasello C Buonopane CE Sances D Marandola M Delogu G
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione Universitagrave degli Studi di Roma La
Sapienza
The essential or secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a very frequent and invalidant disease In this forms the medical or surgical conventional therapies are often inadequate In this study we evaluated the effects of the acupunctural therapy on 104 patients (mean age 523 +- 13 years) with idiopathic or secondary trigeminal neuralgia Utilizing cycles of twelve sessions the acupunctural treatment was performed with an electrostimulator on local points and a distance or on aching points in the secondary forms The results was evaluated on the basis of three parameters (reappearance of the symptomatology absence of pain in months and preceding treatments) and was defined using this scale very well well fair and null In conclusion we can say that acupuncture is an elective treatment in all kinds of secondary tregeminalneuralgia while in the idiopathic form its validity is conditioned by preceding medical treatments and by beginning of the disease
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
Braz Dent J 200718(2)158-62
Electro-acupuncture efficacy on pain control after mandibular third molar
surgeryTavares MG Machado AP Motta BG Borsatto MC Rosa AL Xavier SP
Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology School of Dentistry
of Ribeiratildeo Preto University of Sao Paulo Ribeiratildeo Preto SP Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of electro-acupuncture (EAC) on postoperative pain control after mandibular third molar surgery Twenty four young patients (12 male and 12 female) with symmetrically impacted mandibular third molars were selected Each patient was submitted to two separate surgical procedures under local anesthesia At one side extraction was carried out employing both prior (24h) and immediately postoperative application of EAC while on the contralateral side surgery was carried out without any treatment EAC was applied on 6 bilateral systemic and 2 auricular points with a WQ10Dl appliance using 40-60Hz frequency for 20 min and individually adjusted intensity Postoperative pain intensity was rated on a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) between 2 and 72 h and recording the amount of analgesics intake after surgery Statistical analysis was performed using theWilcoxon test Postoperative pain VAS scores were significantly lower for the EAC group (plt005) and analgesic intake decreased (plt005) for all evaluated periods (plt005) Under the tested conditions EAC therapy is efficient was proved controlling postoperative pain following mandibular third molar surgical removal
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005 Apr33(2)118-22
Acupuncture analgesia and its application in cranio-maxillofacial surgical
procedures Pohodenko-Chudakova IODepartment of Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery Faculty of Stomatology
Belarussian State Medical University Minsk Belarus ip-cyandexru
PATIENTS AND METHODS Acupuncture analgesia was applied in 120 patients In 20 of these surgery was carried out under general anaesthesia in combination with acupuncture analgesia In 100 patients acupuncture analgesia was applied in addition to traditional postoperative analgesia In case of troublesome postoperative pain it was necessary to carry out additional sessions (1-4) of acupuncture stimulation
RESULTS When acupuncture analgesia was used the pulse rate and blood pressure during surgery generally remained stable In the present study serum cortisol was also measured and showed only minor elevation
CONCLUSION Acupuncture analgesia can be a useful adjunct to conventional anaesthesia in maxillofacial surgery
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
MIND BODY ARTICLES
Read some other articles
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help People With Rheumatoid
Arthritis (huffingtonpostcom)
How Meditation Changes Pain Relieves
Depression (psychologytodaycom)
How Meditation Might Relieve Pain (forbescom)
Neural correlates of pain reduction through
meditation (mindblogdericbowndsnet)
Pain Is No Matter for the Meditative Mind (brainbloggercom)
MIND-BODY Pain Relief Research
Reduced disability secondary to back pain improvements on global and physical health and improved pain levels compared to pre-intervention levels
Morone N Weiner D amp Greco C (2005) Randomized trial of mindfulness meditation in older adults for the treatment of chronic low back pain
- 34 of patients gtgt 33 decrease in pain- 12 of patients gtgt 50 decrease in pain - 44 of patients gtgt decreased analgesic use- 28 of patients gtgt discontinued analgesics
The Clinical Use of Mindfulness Meditation for the Self-Regulation of Chronic Pain Kabat-Zinn J Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1985
Many patients needed less pain medication After fifteen months not only did they suffer less pain but because they suffered less pain they also suffered less from depression and anxiety
WE Mehling KA Hamel M Acree N Byl and FM Hecht Randomized controlled trial of breath therapy for patients with chronic low-back pain Altern Ther Health Med 2005 JulndashAug 11(4)44ndash52
Chronic Pain
Acceptance-based interventions such as mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy are alternative approaches to cognitive behavioral therapy for treating patients wtih chronic pain In this systematic review and meta-analysis twenty-two studies were included totaling 1235 patients with chronic pain The results suggest that a mindfulness-based stress reduction program and acceptance and commitment therapy can be good alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy More high-quality studies are needed Acceptance-based therapies have small to medium effects on physical and mental health in chronic pain patients comparable to those of cognitive behavioral therapy
Veehof MM Oskam MJ Schreurs KM Bohlmeijer ET Acceptance-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain a systematic review and meta-analysis Pain 152(3)533-42 2011
Ten studies were included in this review Mindfulness-based interventions showed non-specific effects for the reduction of pain symptoms and the improvement of depressive symptoms in patients with chronic pain There were also some improvements in psychologic measures related to chronic pain including pain coping Further research in larger studies is warranted
Chiesa A Serretti A Mindfulness-based interventions for chronic pain a systematic review of the evidence Journal of Alternative amp Complementary Medicine 17(1) 83-93 2011
J Orofac Pain 2009 Fall23(4)353-9
Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture for myofascial pain of the jaw muscles Shen YF Younger J Goddard G Mackey S
Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center for Orofacial Pain University
of California San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-0768 USA
METHODS Twenty-eight subjects over the age of 18 and diagnosed with chronic myofascial pain of the jaw muscles were randomized to receive real (n = 16) or sham (n = 12) acupuncture
RESULTS Subjects receiving real acupuncture experienced a significant reduction in jaw pain (P = 04) jawface tightness (P = 04) and neck pain (P = 04) and a significant increase in pain tolerance of the masseter muscle (P = 001) Subjects were not able to determine whether they received real or sham acupuncture (P = 69) No significant pain reductions were observed in the sham acupuncture group
CONCLUSION A single acupuncture session using one acupoint at Hegu large intestine 4 significantly reduced most myofascial pain endpoints when compared to sham acupuncture
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