Biopsychosocial Aspects of Atypical Odontalgia

Table 7

Differences between groups in psychopathological and aggressive behavior dimensions.

		AO/PF	TN/PF	M/PF	TMD/PF	AO/TN	AO/M	AO/TMD	TN/M	TN/TMD	M/TMD
	Assault
	Indirect hostility	−2.08*		−2.17*
	Irritability			−2.69**
	Negativism
BDHI	Resentment	2.75**				1.91*	3.58***	2.86**
	Suspicion		2.18*			−2.82**			3.36***	3.17**
	Verbal hostility
	Guilt								1.99*
	BDHI total									2.02*
	Depression	2.63**	2.75**		2.31*			2.62**
IDAS	Anxiety						3.0**
	Irritability								2.08*	2.08*
	Somatization		3.00**	2.48*	3.59***	−2.20*		−2.38*
	Obsessive compulsive		2.45*
	Interpersonal sensitivity					−2.11*			1.96*
	Depression
SCL-90-R	Anxiety							−2.06*
	Hostility
	Phobic anxiety
	Paranoid ideation		2.11*
	Psychoticism	2.45*
	SCL-90-R total scoring		2.04*

(𝑧 value of Mann-Whitney analyses) *𝑃<0.05; **𝑃<0.01; ***𝑃<0.001; ****𝑃<0.0001.
AO: atypical odontalgia; TN: trigeminal neuralgia; M: migraine; TMD: temporomandibular disorder; PF: pain free; BDHI: Buss-Durkee hostility inventory; IDAS: irritability depression anxiety scale; SCL-90-R: Symptom Checklist 90 Revised.