The Neural Basis of Oral and Facial Function

by Ronald Dubner

Overview

This book is a result of our combined major interests in oral and facial function. Since most of our research efforts have been concentrated on fundamental neural mechanisms, the book emphasizes basic research in this area. However, our backgrounds in clinical dentistry have always made us acutely aware of the relevance of these findings to clinical problems in dentistry and medicine, and such correlations are emphasized throughout the text. The term, "oral and facial function," will here include the sensory and motor neural mechanisms of the face, mouth, pharynx, and larynx. Detailed discussions of nasal function, olfaction, and speech mechanisms have been omitted; these areas would encompass a book in themselves. A chapter on the subject of taste presents a brief overview in relation to other chapters in the book and clinical significance. We have not intended each chapter to be a review of the literature in a given area but have chosen to emphasize significant findings for total function of the area. References are limited to review articles whenever possible and the reader is invited to search such reviews for original articles of interest. Where such reviews are not available, original articles are usually referenced so that the book provides a path to source material for those so inclined. Some of the chapters on special areas of interest such as teeth, periodontium, and jaw reflexes, however, are extensively referenced because of their unique relationship to the subject matter of the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781475716849
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	03/14/2013
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1978
Pages:	483
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

I Sensation.- 1 • Pain.- 2 • Temperature.- 3 • Touch.- 4 • Taste.- II Special Sites of Sensory Input.- 5 • Tooth Pulp and Dentine.- 6 • Periodontium and Temporomandibular Joint.- 7 • Pharynx and Larynx.- III Motility.- 8 • Peripheral Components of Motor Control.- 9 • Jaw, Facial, and Tongue Reflexes.- 10 • Mastication.- 11 • Swallowing and Other Related Reflexes.- IV Neurotrophic and Autonomic Functions.- 12 • Tissue Growth, Maintenance, and Regeneration.- 13 • Salivary Glands and Vascular Smooth Muscle.- References.