Facial Pain: Therapy

General measures

• Avoidance of long stays in the cold (due toaggravation of pain by exposure to cold).

Physical therapy (including physiotherapy)

• Myofunctional therapy (MFT; synonym: orofacial muscle function therapy) – supportive form of therapy in orthodontics; exercises of the orofacial musculature are intended to retrain chewing, tongue, lip, and cheek muscles, thereby ideally causing or favorably influencing correction of tooth position, bite position, and jaw anomalies.

Psychotherapy

• Behavioral therapy (for pain management and to reduce anxiety).
• Relaxation techniques
• Detailed information on psychosomatics (including stress management) you will receive from us.

Complementary treatment methods

• Acupuncture – to relieve facial pain.
• Medical hypnosis (synonym: hypnotherapy) – to relieve facial pain.