Classification: The key to understanding facial pain.

摘要: It is indisputable that the global scientific advances in headache research, be it bench or bedside, have benefited enormously from operational diagnostic criteria published 1988. Today, this classification system indispensable. The reason for success a low inter-rater variability. In general, orofacial pain conditions are less well characterised - with noticeable exemption of temporomandibular disorder pain. Tremendous work has been put into changing this, and significant progress achieved particular, terms clinical implications overriding conceptual models oro-facial Scientific classifications only one goal: To provide agreement about main features an object research consensus regarding name. significance not fact good offers detailed accurate image reality. If we want to overcome obstacles different competing systems, need specialisation borders. key understand such definition does mirror all possible facets given condition but simply convention is, on word used condition. Simply speaking, creates common language by more than profession. will crucial define any as precisely rigid possible, order ensure homogenous population. Only ensures variability, which consequently allows combining comparing population across professional settings. This easy chronic facial without verifiable morphological cause structural lesions, these syndromes often rather featureless. new IASP big step forward better characterisation conditions, trigger future operationalised