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What is Allodynia

Chapter 328
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
Allodynia occurs when a nonpainful stimulus is felt as painful in spite of normal-appearing tissues and is common in many neuropathic conditions.
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Factors Predicting Long-Term Outcomes among Patients Treated with Spinal Cord Stimulation
Karen Julia Doblin (Beth Israel Medical Center, USA) and Ruth Sharf (Northcentral University, USA)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch328
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The Occlusal, Neurological, and Orthopedic Origins and Implications of the Hypersensitive Dentition
(Ancient Greek ????? állos “other” and ?d??? odúne “pain”) refers to central pain sensitization (increased response of neurons) following normally non-painful, often repetitive, stimulation. Allodynia can lead to the triggering of a pain response from stimuli which do not normally provoke pain, such as from the intake of cold fluids in the oral cavity.
Published in Chapter: The Occlusal, Neurological, and Orthopedic Origins and Implications of the Hypersensitive Dentition; From: Handbook of Research on Clinical Applications of Computerized Occlusal Analysis in Dental Medicine
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