Examination of a large patient population for the presence of symptoms and signs of temporomandibular disorders.(TMJ)

From: CRANIO: The Journal of Craniomandibular Practice | Date: April 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT: Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD) is a term generally applied to a condition or conditions characterized by pain and/or dysfunction of the masticatory apparatus. Its characterization has been difficult because of the large number of symptoms and signs attributed to this disorder and to variation in the number and types manifested in any particular patient. For this study, data on 4,528 patients, presenting over a period of 25 years to a single examiner for TMD treatment, was made available for retrospective analysis and determination of whether the TMD care-seeking ...

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