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ArticleJournal of dental research2026

Disability Weights for Global Burden Estimation of Orofacial Pain.

A Lövgren, P Liv, J Durham, D A G Goncalves, F P Kapos, S F Kothari, M Drangsholt, C C Peck, C M Visscher, L Ong and 1 more

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11 authors.

A LövgrenDepartment of Odontology, Orofacial Pain and Jaw Function, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-2920-6654
P LivDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
J DurhamSchool of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
D A G GoncalvesSchool of Dentistry, São Paulo State University, Araraquara, Brazil.
F P KaposDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Duke Clinical Research Institute, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.
S F KothariDepartment of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
M DrangsholtDepartment of Oral Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
C C PeckFaculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
C M VisscherDepartment of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
L OngInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
P SvenssonFaculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The global burden of orofacial pain (OFP), including temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), has never been estimated due to lacking disability weights (DWs). This is a significant limitation in the World Health Organization's goals for oral health. The present study presents DWs with directions for the development of corresponding health state descriptions. We used general population data on OFP and TMD (

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Cost of IllnessDisability EvaluationFacial PainAdolescentAdultAgedFemaleGlobal Burden of DiseaseGlobal HealthHealth StatusHumansMaleMiddle AgedQuality of LifeRisk FactorsSelf Reportepidemiologyfacial painmodelingpublic healthquality of lifetemporomandibular disorders

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