Peer-Reviewed Published Articles

• The Jaw muscles and central sensitization in migraine, SADJ 2018 December, Vol 73 No10 P627-628
• Painful dry socket and alternative perspective, SADJ 2018 August, Vol 73 No7 P456-458
• A method for determining when the superficial scalp arteries are the source of migraine pain. S Afr Med J. 2017 Jul 28;107(8):691-693.
• Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgeons and Migraine (2017). Book chapter in ‘Essentials of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery’. Editor: Ibrahim El-Hakim. Publisher: Austin Group Open Access eBooks – http://austinpublishinggroup.com/ebooks/essentials-of-oral-maxillofacial-surgery/index.php
• A New Minimally Invasive Technique for Cauterising the Maxillary Artery and its Application in the Treatment of Cluster Headache. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2013: 71.4 677-681
• The Extracranial Vascular Theory of Migraine – A Great Story Confirmed by the Facts. Headache 2011;51:409-417
• The Dura and Migraine. Future Neurology 2012;7:573-580
• Vascular surgery for a chronic migraine. Therapy 2007; 4: 451-456.
• The Role of Extra Cranial Arteries in Migraine Headache: A review – Cranio: The Journal of Cranio-Mandibular Practice 2004; 22: 132-136.Co-authored by Prof. E. Spierings, Dept Of Neurology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital. Harvard Medical School
• Comment on the Editorial by Goadsby and Akerman ‘The trigeminovascular system does not require a peripheral sensory input to be activated—Migraine is a central disorder’, in Cephalalgia January 2012.Cephalalgia 2012; 32: 1081
• Cervical muscles in the pathogeneses of a migraine headache. The Journal of Headache and pain 2004; 5:12-13.Co-authored by Prof. E. Spierings Dept. Of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
• A subjective assessment of pain and swelling following surgical removal of impacted third molar teeth using two different surgical techniques. South African Dental Journal 2001; 56:238-241
• Headache – the dental connection. South African Dental Journal 2001; 56: 99-102.
• Headache education for medical students: Wolff’s postulates — further communication. Headache 2009 Apr; (4): 611.
• Headache education for the medical students: Wolff’s postulates. Headache 2008 Apr; 48(4): 638-9
• The Migraine / Tension – Type Headache Continuum. South African Medical Journal 2000; 90: 869-871.
• Paraesthesia of Upper and Lower Lips of Dental Origin. J of the SA Dent. Ass. 1971; 26(3): 70, 71.
• Intra- oral orthosis vs. amitriptyline in chronic tension-type headache: a clinical and laser evoked potentials study. Head Face Med. 2006 May 25; 2(1):15.Co-authored by Prof. M de Tommasso, Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences Department, University Of Bari, Bari, Italy.
• Craniomandibular muscles, intraoral orthoses and migraine. Expert Review Of Neurotherapeutics 2005;5(3): 371-377(Invited article)
• Topographic analysis of laser evoked potentials in chronic tension-type headache: Correlations with clinical features. Int Psychophysiol 2006 Feb 23. Co-authored by Prof. M. de Tommasso, Neurological and Psychiatric sciences Department, University Of Bari, Bari, Italy
• Effects of amitriptyline and intra-oral device appliance on clinical and laser-evoked potentials in chronic tension-type headache. Neurol Sci. 2005 May; 26 Supply 2:s152-4. Co-authored by Prof M. de Tommasso, Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences Department, University Of Bari, Bari, Italy.
• Migraine headache intensity and intracranial pressure. Headache 2003 Oct;43(9):1013
• The Role of the external Carotid Arteries in Migraine. In “Focus on Migraine Disorder Research”: Ed. Laura B Clarke: Nova Science Publishers: New York, 2007.
• EEG change after fitting a posture modifying appliance. S Afr Med J. 1998 Mar; 88(3):282, 284.
• Intra-oral condylotomy for the treatment of temporomandibular joint derangement. Int Oral Maxillofac Surg, 1991 Dec; 20(6): 360 -1.
• Migraine pain–intracranial or extracranial? Headache 2007 Nov- Dec; 47(10):1458.
• Middle Meningeal Artery Dilatation in Migraine. Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain 2009; 49:1541-1543.
• TRPV1, CGRP and SP in scalp arteries of patients suffering from a chronic migraine. Del Fiacco M, Quartu M, Boi M, Serra MP, Melis T, Boccaletti R, Shevel E, Cianchetti C. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2014
• Arterial surgery for sporadic hemiplegic migraine- preliminary results British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 52 (2014) 405–408
• The Vasodilatory Activity of CGRP Headache, 2014, 747
• Comment on – Pathophysiology of migraine by professor: PJ Goadsby in Aug 2012 of Ann Ind Acad Neurol
• The extracranial vascular theory of a migraine- an artificial controversy J Neural Transm. 2011 Apr;118(4)
• The international headache society classification of a migraine headache—A call for substantiating data J. Biomedical Science and Engineering, 2014, 7, 112-114

Medical Magazines

• Medication Overuse Headache. Specialist Forum 2007; 7(6): 46-49
• Cervical muscles in the pathogenesis of a migraine headache. Specialist Forum 2008; 8(3):47-50.
• Are migraines and tension-type headaches different conditions? Specialist Forum 2008; 8(1): 32-36
• The use of opioids in the treatment if headaches. Specialist Forum 2007; 7(2): 50-52.
• Functional neuroimaging evidence of the role of the vasculature in a migraine. Specialist Forum 2007; 7(1): 67-69.
• Headache and Tinnitus: correlation found. Specialist Forum 2006; May vol 6: 30-33.
• Migraine and Ischaemic Stroke. SA Cardiology & Stroke; Winter 2007:pp27-30. Article first published in August 2006 issue of sister publication, The Specialist Forum.
• Surgical treatment of vascular headaches. Specialist Forum Aug 2008; pp73-76.
• An Approach to Headaches. Occupational Health Southern Africa Journal March 2000.
• Treating menstrual migraines. Medical Chronicle 2000; September: pp18
• Headache: Rational Drug Usage Using OTC Medicines SA Pharmaceutical Journal 2001; 56:99-102.