Stress-pain relationship in MPD syndrome patients and non-MPD syndrome patients

Abstract

1 ff’lt o e ective y reat myofascial pain-dysfunction (MPD) syndrome, it is important to understand its etiology. Malocclusion’-” and psychologic traits’.’ have been identified as causal factors. The present study will focus on the MPD syndrome patient’s stress perception and relationship of this perception to pain assessment. Such information should be of use to dentists and other health professionals who treat MPD patients. Laskin,” for example, indicates the importance of psychophysiologic theory in the treatment of MPD syndrome. He reported that, “Initiating factors for the MPD syndrome are generally emotional, rather than physical, (and) treatment must be directed toward this aspect of the problem. . . ” syndrome patients were classified by a psychiatrist as neurotic. The remaining six patients were either psychotic or healthy. These authors note that the number of patients was too small to provide statistical evidence for clusters of these findings.