Shaefer Jeffry Rowland, Khawaja Shehryar Nasir, Bavia Paula Furlan
Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Pain, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Department of Internal Medicine, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital, 7A Block R-3 M.A. Johar Town, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Dent Clin North Am. 2018 Oct;62(4):665-682. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2018.06.001. Epub 2018 Aug 2.
This review examines gender prevalence in orofacial pain to elucidate underlying factors that can explain such differences. This review highlights how gender affects (1) the association of hormonal factors and pain modulation; (2) the genetic aspects influencing pain sensitivity and pain perception; (3) the role of resting blood pressure and pain threshold; and (4) the impact of sociocultural, environmental, and psychological factors on pain.
本综述研究了口腔面部疼痛中的性别患病率，以阐明能够解释此类差异的潜在因素。本综述强调了性别如何影响：（1）激素因素与疼痛调节的关联；（2）影响疼痛敏感性和疼痛感知的遗传因素；（3）静息血压和疼痛阈值的作用；以及（4）社会文化、环境和心理因素对疼痛的影响。
