As the importance of evidence-based health care has grown, meta-analysis has become more widely used in the medical and dental fields. In this meta-analysis, the relationship between traditional orthodontic treatment, including the specific type of appliance used and whether extractions were performed, and the prevalence of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) was investigated. After an exhaustive...

OBJECTIVES To report the prevalence and demographics of temporomandibular disorder (TMD) within a population of clinic patients and to describe the prevalence of revisited and new, previously unstudied, aural symptoms described by a sample of these patients with TMD (hereinafter "TMD patients"). DESIGN A retrospective evaluation of patient records was completed to determine the percentage and...

OBJECTIVES Myofascial pain is the most common temporomandibular disorder. The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of combined treatment modalities in the management of myofascial temporomandibular pain. METHODS Fifty patients (44 female, 6 male) clinically and radiologically diagnosed with myofascial temporomandibular disorder (TMD) were selected for the study and randoml...