Book index

Normal Science

Introduction (Gianni Frisardi)

• Logic of medical language (Gianni Frisardi · Riccardo Azzali · Flavio Frisardi)
  • The logic of Classical language
  • The logic of Probabilistic language
  • Fuzzy logic
  • System logic
• The Complex Systems
• Logic of medical language: Introduction to quantum-like probability in the masticatory system
  • Exploring electroencephalography with a model inspired by quantum mechanics*
  • Quantum-like modeling in biology with open quantum systems and instruments*
• Conclusions on the status quo in the logic of medical language regarding the masticatory system

Hemimasticatory spasm​

• 1° Clinical case: Emimasticatory spasm
  • Physiological Dynamics in Demyelinating Diseases: Unraveling Complex Relationships through Computer Modeling
  • ​Intermittent facial spasms as the presenting sign of a recurrent pleomorphic adenoma​
• Encrypted code: Ephaptic transmission

Bruxism

• 2° Clinical case: Pineal Cavernoma
  • The neuro-pathophysiology of temporomandibular disorders-related pain: a systematic review of structural and functional MRI studies*
  • The neurophysiological basis of bruxism*
  • Is dopaminergic medication dose associated with self-reported bruxism in Parkinson’s disease? A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study*
  • ​Interdisciplinary recognizing and managing of drug‐induced tardive oromandibular dystonia: two case reports*
• Encrypted code: Hyperexcitability of the trigeminal system

Occlusion and Posture

• 3° Clinical case: Meningioma ​
  • Association between constitution, axiography, analysis of dental casts, and postural control in women aged between 41 and 50 years*
  • Effect of dental malocclusion on cerebellar neuron activation via the dorsomedial part of the principal sensory trigeminal nucleus*
• Encrypted code: Motor Evoked Myogenic potentials

Orofacial Pain

• 4° Clinical case: Temporomandibular disorders
  • Temporomandibular Syndrome
  • Clinical, psychological, and sensory characteristics associated with headache attributed to temporomandibular disorder in people with chronic myogenous temporomandibular disorder and primary headaches*
  • An artificially intelligent (or algorithm-enhanced) electronic medical record in orofacial pain*
• 5° Clinical case: Spontaneous Electromyographic Activity
  • Abnormal Spontaneous Electromyographic Activity*
  • Demystifying the spontaneous phenomena of motor hyperexcitability*
• Encrypted code: The trigeminal symmetry

Are we sure to know everything?

• 6° Clinical case: Brainstem neoplasm in Orofacial pain
• 7° Clinical case: Trigeminal neurodegenerative pathology
  • Kuhnian revolutions in neuroscience: the role of tool development*
  • Diagnostic Delay and Its Predictors in Cluster Headache*
  • Revolutionary Science*
• Conclusion about Normal Science chapter