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# Increases in the mechanical perception threshold and the sensory perception threshold related to C fibres' activation.
# <translate>Increases in the mechanical perception threshold and the sensory perception threshold related to C fibres' activation.</translate>
# Somatosensory abnormalities such as allodynia, reduced mechanical perception and impaired pain modulation in patients with atypical odontalgia.
# <translate>Somatosensory abnormalities such as allodynia, reduced mechanical perception and impaired pain modulation in patients with atypical odontalgia.</translate>
# No somatosensory alteration after implant insertion, although patients report mild pain in the treated region.
# <translate>No somatosensory alteration after implant insertion, although patients report mild pain in the treated region.</translate>
On ‘pain’ in general we can say that it has a wide extension and minimal understanding, but if we consider the type of pain mentioned above, for example in patients who receive dental implants, in patients with ongoing inflammatory dental pulpitis and in patients with neuropathic pain (atypical odontalgia), it becomes evident that the greater the understanding is, the smaller the extension.
<translate>On ‘pain’ in general we can say that it has a wide extension and minimal understanding, but if we consider the type of pain mentioned above, for example in patients who receive dental implants, in patients with ongoing inflammatory dental pulpitis and in patients with neuropathic pain (atypical odontalgia), it becomes evident that the greater the understanding is, the smaller the extension. </translate>
The '''intension''' of a concept, on the other hand, is a set of aspects that distinguish it from the others. These are the characteristics that differentiate the generic term of "pain", which by articulating the intension of a concept automatically reduces its extension. Obviously, though, various generality scales can descend from a concept depending on which aspect of its intension is articulated. That is why we could conceptually distinguish pain in the TMJ from neuropathic pain.
<translate>The '''intension''' of a concept, on the other hand, is a set of aspects that distinguish it from the others. These are the characteristics that differentiate the generic term of "pain", which by articulating the intension of a concept automatically reduces its extension. Obviously, though, various generality scales can descend from a concept depending on which aspect of its intension is articulated. That is why we could conceptually distinguish pain in the TMJ from neuropathic pain.</translate>
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We can conveniently say, therefore, that the meaning of a term with respect to a particular language is an ordered couple, consisting of extension and intension, in a world that we will now call ‘context’.
<translate>We can conveniently say, therefore, that the meaning of a term with respect to a particular language is an ordered couple, consisting of extension and intension, in a world that we will now call ‘context’. </translate>
Precisely with reference to the '''context''' we must point out that:
<translate>Precisely with reference to the '''context''' we must point out that</translate>:
#In the dental ‘context’, the term ''pain in the right half face'' represents a relatively large extension (so that it can be classified in an area that includes the ‘TMDs’) and an intension composed of a series of clinical characteristics perhaps supported by a series of instrumental radiological investigations, EMG, axiographic etc.
#<translate>In the dental ‘context’, the term ''pain in the right half face'' represents a relatively large extension (so that it can be classified in an area that includes the ‘TMDs’) and an intension composed of a series of clinical characteristics perhaps supported by a series of instrumental radiological investigations, EMG, axiographic etc.</translate>
#In the neurological ‘context’, however, the term ''pain in the right half face'' represents a relatively wide ‘<sub>n</sub>OP’ extension and an intension composed of a series of clinical features, perhaps supported by a series of instrumental radiological investigations, EMG, somatosensory evoked potentials, etc.
#<translate>In the neurological ‘context’, however, the term ''pain in the right half face'' represents a relatively wide ‘<sub>n</sub>OP’ extension and an intension composed of a series of clinical features, perhaps supported by a series of instrumental radiological investigations, EMG, somatosensory evoked potentials, etc.</translate>
This brief but essential argument allows us to ascertain how the linguistic expression of a medical language is vulnerable for a series of reasons; among these, please note semantic incompleteness, as well as how a meaning can be so different in different contexts that the terms ‘<sub>n</sub>OP’ or ' TMDs' become ambiguous with these premises<ref>{{cita libro
<translate>This brief but essential argument allows us to ascertain how the linguistic expression of a medical language is vulnerable for a series of reasons; among these, please note semantic incompleteness, as well as how a meaning can be so different in different contexts that the terms ‘<sub>n</sub>OP’ or ' TMDs' become ambiguous with these premises</translate><ref>{{cita libro
| autore = Jääskeläinen SK
| autore = Jääskeläinen SK
| titolo = Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Neuropathic Orofacial Pain: Role of Clinical Neurophysiology
| titolo = Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Neuropathic Orofacial Pain: Role of Clinical Neurophysiology