The Temporomandibular Joint Pain Dysfunction Syndrome and The Orofacial Pain

Headache and orofacial pain due to the temporomandibular joint {TMJ) pain dysfunction syndrome is a cause of human suffering often resulting from major diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. These difficulties arise from the fact that the syndrome is rather little known among dentists as well as other medical specialists. The main symptom of the dysfunction syndrome is pain, on account of which the patient seeks medical advice. Depending upon the speciality of the therapist, the leading features of treatment will derive from disciplines such as gnathology, prosthetics, oromaxillar surgery, algesiology, neurology, psychiatry and psychology.