Do palliative consultations improve patient outcomes?
Palliative consultations improve outcomes of care, and earlier consultations may confer additional benefit.
Central mechanisms including trigeminal nociceptive neuronal sensitization, non-neuronal processes involving glial activation, and MAPKs play significant roles in occlusal interference-induced facial pain. These mechanisms may be involved in clinical manifestations of facial pain that have been reported in patients with an occlusal interference.