Prospective orofacial quantitative sensory testing data of the human face and mouth
Julie Adriaenssens,
Hannah Vaesen Bentein,
Reinhilde Jacobs,
Constantinus Politis,
Fréderic Van der Cruyssen
Affiliations
Julie Adriaenssens
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; OMFS-IMPATH Research Group, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Hannah Vaesen Bentein
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; OMFS-IMPATH Research Group, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Reinhilde Jacobs
OMFS-IMPATH Research Group, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Oral Health Sciences, KU Leuven and Department of Dentistry, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinksa Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Constantinus Politis
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; OMFS-IMPATH Research Group, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Fréderic Van der Cruyssen
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; OMFS-IMPATH Research Group, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Corresponding author at: Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Quantitative sensory testing (QST) is a valuable tool in the assessment of orofacial somatosensory function and dysfunction. QST is a method where thermal and mechanical stimuli are applied to the area of interest in a noninvasive way. The QST technique can detect patterns of loss of sensation that may happen in case of hypoesthesia, hypoalgesia, anesthesia, or gain of sensation in the context of allodynia, hyperalgesia or spontaneous pain. Normal values have already been recorded for some parts of the face and mouth, but not for the complete innervation area of the trigeminal nerve. This dataset involves orofacial QST gathered from ten healthy volunteers, a standardized QST battery was applied to 24 regions (14 extraoral and 10 intraoral) innervated by the trigeminal nerve. Descriptive statistics were applied to compare the different regions. This dataset can be used to inform future studies involving orofacial sensory function, pain studies and pharmacological trials.
