Current treatments and advances in pain and anxiety management

David Huang; Edmund Wun; Avichai Stern

doi:10.1016/j.cden.2011.02.014

Current treatments and advances in pain and anxiety management

Dent Clin North Am. 2011 Jul;55(3):609-18, x. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2011.02.014.

Authors

David Huang¹, Edmund Wun, Avichai Stern

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dentistry/Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, The Brooklyn Hospital, 121 Dekalb Avenue Box 187, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA. ddsdavidhuang@yahoo.com

PMID: 21726694
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2011.02.014

Abstract

In light of preoperative and postoperative mortality and morbidity, continued advancement in pain and anxiety management would benefit millions. Although significant strides have been made in the past few decades, it is imperative that research and development continue. This article discusses types of pain and anxiety, the relationship between pain and anxiety, the physiology of pain and anxiety, and current trends in pain and anxiety management.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Analgesics / therapeutic use
Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Anti-Anxiety Agents / therapeutic use
Dental Anxiety / physiopathology
Dental Anxiety / prevention & control*
Dental Care* / psychology
Drug Delivery Systems / trends
Humans
Hypnotics and Sedatives / therapeutic use
Pain / physiopathology
Pain / prevention & control*
Pain, Postoperative / physiopathology
Pain, Postoperative / prevention & control

Substances

Analgesics
Analgesics, Opioid
Anti-Anxiety Agents
Hypnotics and Sedatives