Octavia Plesh, DDS, MS
Professor Emeritus
Preventive & Restor Dent Sci
School of Dentistry

Grants and Projects

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• TMJMD Pain and Comorbid Conditions in the NHIS: Gender, Race and Age Effects, NIH, 2008-2011
• Fibromyalgia and Tmd in Young Women-a Multiracial Study, NIH, 1999-2004
• Chronic Pain/tmds in Young Women, NIH, 1998-1999
• Phosphorus Mrs of Normal Human Masseter Muscle, NIH, 1991-1993

Publications (33)

Top publication keywords:
HeadacheMasseter MuscleMasticatory MusclesBack PainFacial PainFibromyalgiaMasticationDiagnosis, OralPainNeck PainBite ForceDiseases in TwinsArthralgiaStudents, DentalTemporomandibular Joint Disorders

• Immediately loaded implants in a patient with involuntary mandibular movements: a clinical report.
  The Journal of prosthetic dentistry 2014 Shek JW, Plesh O, Curtis DA
• Deep and superficial masseter muscle blood flow in women.
  Journal of prosthodontics : official journal of the American College of Prosthodontists 2012 Curtis DA, Gansky SA, Plesh O
• Self-reported comorbid pains in severe headaches or migraines in a US national sample.
  Headache 2012 Plesh O, Adams SH, Gansky SA
• Chronic Pain in a Biracial Cohort of Young Women.
  The open pain journal 2012 Plesh O, Gansky SA, Curtis DA
• Temporomandibular disorder-type pain and migraine headache in women: a preliminary twin study.
  Journal of orofacial pain 2012 Plesh O, Noonan C, Buchwald DS, Goldberg J, Afari N

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• Racial/Ethnic and gender prevalences in reported common pains in a national sample.
  Journal of orofacial pain 2011 Plesh O, Adams SH, Gansky SA
• Temporomandibular joint and muscle disorder-type pain and comorbid pains in a national US sample.
  Journal of orofacial pain 2011 Plesh O, Adams SH, Gansky SA
• Are post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and temporomandibular pain associated? Findings from a community-based twin registry.
  Journal of orofacial pain 2008 Afari N, Wen Y, Buchwald D, Goldberg J, Plesh O
• Temporomandibular joint and muscle disorder-type pain in U.S. adults: the National Health Interview Survey.
  Journal of orofacial pain 2008 Isong U, Gansky SA, Plesh O
• Correlation of admissions criteria with academic performance in dental students.
  Journal of dental education 2007 Curtis DA, Lind SL, Plesh O, Finzen FC
• Widespread pain and fibromyalgia in a biracial cohort of young women.
  The Journal of rheumatology 2007 Gansky SA, Plesh O
• Complications associated with fixed partial dentures with a loose retainer.
  The Journal of prosthetic dentistry 2006 Curtis DA, Plesh O, Sharma A, Finzen F
• Diagnoses based on the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders in a biracial population of young women.
  Journal of orofacial pain 2005 Plesh O, Sinisi SE, Crawford PB, Gansky SA
• Reports of body pain in a dental student population.
  Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) 2005 Rising DW, Bennett BC, Hursh K, Plesh O
• Chronic pain in a biracial population of young women.
  Pain 2002 Plesh O, Crawford PB, Gansky SA
• Treatment planning in the 21st century: what's new?
  Journal of the California Dental Association 2002 Curtis DA, Lacy A, Chu R, Richards D, Plesh O, Kasrovi P, Kao R
• Amitriptyline treatment of chronic pain in patients with temporomandibular disorders.
  Journal of oral rehabilitation 2000 Plesh O, Curtis D, Levine J, McCall WD
• Fracture resistance of endodontically treated teeth restored with bonded amalgam and full crowns.
  General dentistry 1999 Barkhordar RA, Plesh O, Curtis DA, Watanabe L, Parisi RG
• The relationship between chronic facial pain and a history of trauma and surgery.
  Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics 1999 Plesh O, Gansky SA, Curtis DA, Pogrel MA
• Modeling of jaw biomechanics in the reconstructed mandibulectomy patient.
  The Journal of prosthetic dentistry 1999 Curtis DA, Plesh O, Hannam AG, Sharma A, Curtis TA
• Bruxing patterns in children compared to intercuspal clenching and chewing as assessed with dental models, electromyography, and incisor jaw tracing: preliminary study.
  ASDC journal of dentistry for children 1998 Negoro T, Briggs J, Plesh O, Nielsen I, McNeill C, Miller AJ
• Gender difference in jaw pain induced by clenching.
  Journal of oral rehabilitation 1998 Plesh O, Curtis DA, Hall LJ, Miller A
• Crevicular fluid analysis around two failing dental implants: a clinical report.
  Journal of prosthodontics : official journal of the American College of Prosthodontists 1997 Curtis DA, Kao R, Plesh O, Finzen F, Franz L
• A comparison of masticatory function in patients with or without reconstruction of the mandible.
  Head & neck 1997 Curtis DA, Plesh O, Miller AJ, Curtis TA, Sharma A, Schweitzer R, Hilsinger RL, Schour L, Singer M
• Effect of nonvital tooth bleaching on microleakage of resin composite restorations.
  Quintessence international (Berlin, Germany : 1985) 1997 Barkhordar RA, Kempler D, Plesh O
• The relationship between fibromyalgia and temporomandibular disorders: prevalence and symptom severity.
  The Journal of rheumatology 1996 Plesh O, Wolfe F, Lane N
• Patterns of jaw muscle activity during voluntary chewing.
  Journal of oral rehabilitation 1996 Plesh O, Bishop B, McCall WD
• Current and future prospects for oral health science and technology.
  Journal of dental education 1995 Greenspan JS, Kahn AJ, Marshall SJ, Newbrun E, Plesh O
• Phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy of human masseter muscle.
  Journal of dental research 1995 Plesh O, Meyerhoff DJ, Weiner MW
• Kinematics of jaw movements during chewing at different frequencies.
  Journal of biomechanics 1993 Plesh O, Bishop B, McCall WD
• Axiographic tracings of temporomandibular joint movements.
  The Journal of prosthetic dentistry 1993 Theusner J, Plesh O, Curtis DA, Hutton JE
• Prosthetic rehabilitation in temporomandibular disorder and orofacial pain patients. Clinical problem solving.
  Dental clinics of North America 1992 Plesh O, Stohler CS
• Signs and symptoms in samples with and without temporomandibular disorders.
  Journal of craniomandibular disorders : facial & oral pain 1991 Cacchiotti DA, Plesh O, Bianchi P, McNeill C