Book index

Introduction

• Logic of medical language
  • 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

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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

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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

Crisis of Paradigm

Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC) ​​​Masticatory cycles Jaw opening width Speed of mandibular movement Complexity of chewing kinematics​ ​ Temporomandibular Joint Computerized Tomography of the TMJ Magnetic resonance imaging of the TMJ

​ Mandibular kinematic replicators Advantages and limits of Kinematic replicators Pantography Axiography Electrognatography ​​ Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation Free way space before stimulation Free way space after stimulation Closing trajectory from TENS ​​​ ​ ​ ​ Electromyography (EMG) EMG Interferential pattern EMG at rest position Quantitative analysis of the EMG Fourier transform Wavelett ​ Conclusions to the Paradigm crisis chapter Incompleteness in the 'Research Diagnostic Criteria' Need for a new paradigm ​​​ ​​​ ​​

​ Extraordinary science ​​​ ​​​ ​​

​ Masticatory Neurophysiology Center of the Masticatory Pattern Mesencephalic mechanisms Trigeminal Motor nucleus Sensory network Proprioceptive mechanisms Neuromuscular spindles Sensory mechanisms from the depressor muscles Golgi Tendon Organs Role of impulses from the neck muscles Periodontal and Oral Sensory Factors Pharyngeal sensory factors Reflex of mandibular closure Sensory factors of the TMJ ​​​ ​​​ ​​

Electrophysiological overall view of the Masticatory System Overall view of the Masticatory System ​Trigeminal electrophysiological segmentation ​Electric Motors Evoked Potentials Magnetic Motors Evoked Potentials Jaw jerk reflex M-wave Masseteric Mechanical Silent Period Masseteric Electric Silent Period Masseteric Laser Silent Period Recovery Cycle of Masseteric Inhibitory reflex

Trigeminal System Connectivity Definition of the Fundamental Unit Structural and functional connectivity Separation Understanding of "Emergent Behavior" Connectivity measurement Maximal Neuronal Energy Evoked Bilateral Trigeminal neuromotor organic symmetry Functional motor symmetry Normalization Muscle activation during maximum voluntary contraction and m-wave related in healthy but not in injured conditions: Implications when normalizing electromyography​​​ Organic vs Functional Symmetry ​Neuro Gnathological Functions paradigm Psi Index