Trigger point injections for orofacial muscle pain: a narrative review

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Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Arthur Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, USA; Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vyedhi Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Center, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Shymala Reddy Dental College, Bangalore, India; Department of Oral Medicine, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China; Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan Contributions: (I) Conception and design: All authors; (II) Administrative support: A Young; (III) Provision of study materials or patients: None; (IV) Collection and assembly of data: All authors; (V) Data analysis and interpretation: All authors; (VI) Manuscript writing: All authors; (VII) Final approval of manuscript: All authors. Correspondence to: Andrew Young. Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Arthur Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, 155 Fifth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Email: ayoung@pacific.edu.