Mechanisms and clinical management of pain

• Main Authors: Patrick Raymond Nicolas Andre Ghislain Stump (Author), Gisele da Silva Dalben (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pain is an unpleasant, sensitive and emotional experience associated with or described in terms of tissue lesion, and may be acute or chronic. It may also be classified as nociceptive, neuropathic or psychogenic. Nociceptive pain involves the transformation of environmental stimuli into action poten...