Orofacial Pain
Orofacial pain is a frequent form of pain perceived in the face and/or oral cavity. It may be caused by diseases or disorders of regional structures, dysfunction of the nervous system, or through referral from distant sources.
Resources in this section include a series of fact sheets examining the many aspects of orofacial pain, a poster, and other resources to help you learn more about this form of pain. Many of these resources are available to download free of charge.
William Maixner, DDS PhD, chair of the IASP Special Interest Group on Orofacial Pain, led an international IASP task force to plan this year’s campaign and create the fact sheets.
These Fact Sheets for the Global Year Against Orofacial Pain have been revised and translated into several languages by members of the SIG on Orofacial Pain.
- Arabic
- English
- French (Translations by Paul Pionchon, France)
- Hebrew (Translations by Galit Almoznino, Yaron Haviv, and Yair Sharav, Israel, and Efraim Winocur, Argentina)
- Japanese (Translations by Yoshiki Imamura, Osamu Komiyama, Wataru Muraoka, Noboru Noma, Akiko Okada-Ogawa, Masakazu Okubo, and Koichi Wajima, Japan)
- Polish (Translations by Wojciech Drobek, Katowice, Poland)
- Portuguese (Translations by Cibele Nasri-Heir, USA, Brazil)
- Spanish (Translations by Jose de la Hoz and Antonio Romero, Spain)
2016 Orofacial Pain Fact Sheet Committee
Chair, Editor: Gary M. Heir (USA)
Editors/Authors – 2016
- Rafael Benoliel (USA)
- Eli Eliav (USA)
- Gary Heir (USA)
- Giles Levigne (Canada)
- Cibele Nasri-Heir (USA/Brazil)
- Jose de la Hoz (Spain)
- Richard Orbach (USA)
- Tara Renton (UK)
- Joanna Zakrzewska (UK)
Past Contributors
- Briand Cairns (Canada)
- Antoon DeLaat (Belgium)
- Mark Drangsholt (USA)
- Jutin Durham (UK)
- Pei Feng Lim (USA)
- Koichi Iwata (Japan)
- Sukhbir Mokha (USA)
- Don Nixdorf (USA)
- Eka Perez Franco (Panama)
- Maria Pigg (Sweden)
- Barry Sessle (Canada)
- Peter Svensson (Denmark)
- Claudia Tambeli (Brazil)
Editiorial Reviewer
- Jennifer Bassiur (USA)
- Neuropathic Pain
- Orofacial Pain
- Visceral Pain
- Headache Pain
- Acute Pain
- Musculoskeletal Pain
- Cancer Pain
- Pain in Women
- Pain in Older Persons
- Pain in Children
- Right to Pain Relief
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- 2020 Global Year for the Prevention of Pain Webinar Series
- 2020 Global Year for the Prevention of Pain Event Planning
- 2019 Global Year Against Pain in the Most Vulnerable Chapter ToolKit
- 2020 Global Year for the Prevention of Pain Media Kit
- 2018 Global Year for Excellence in Pain Education:
Professional Education - Global Year Against Orofacial Pain Fact Sheets - Japanese
- Global Year Against Orofacial Pain Fact Sheets - Spanish
- Global Year Against Orofacial Pain Fact Sheets - Arabic
- Global Year Against Orofacial Pain Fact Sheets - Hebrew
- Global Year Against Orofacial Pain Fact Sheets - Portuguese
- 2018 Global Year for Excellence in Pain Education:
Public and Government Education - 2018 Global Year for Excellence in Pain Education:
Patient Education - Global Year Against Orofacial Pain Fact Sheets - French
- Global Year Against Orofacial Pain Fact Sheets - Polish
Letter from the IASP President
Dear IASP members and supporters,
I am pleased to announce the 2013-2014 Global Year Against Orofacial Pain campaign, which will launch on Monday, October 21, 2013. Orofacial pain is a very frequent form of pain perceived in the face and/or oral cavity, caused by diseases or disorders of regional structures, by dysfunction of the nervous system, or through referral from distant sources.
Resources & Materials
About Global Year Against Pain
IASP sponsors and promotes the Global Year Against Pain, a yearlong initiative designed to raise international awareness of pain. Each year, IASP focuses on a different aspect of pain that has global implications.