Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) and fibromyalgia (FM) have some clinical characteristics in common, for instance the chronic evolution, pathophysiology incompletely understood a multifactorial genesis. The incidence relationship between TMD FM patients are aims of this review. A MEDLINE Pubmed search was performed key words “temporomandibular disorder” AND “fibromyalgia” from 2000 to present. ...

The Eighth Scientific Meeting of The TMJ Association, Ltd. was held in Bethesda, Maryland, September 11-13, 2016. As in the past, the meeting was cosponsored by components of the National Institutes of Health with speakers invited to review the state of temporomandibular disorder science and propose recommendations to further progress. The theme of precision medicine, which aims to tailor disea...

Objective: Visual display terminal work, such as using a personal computer, reportedly causes musculoskeletal symptoms and worsens mental health. Temporomandibular disorders, a type of musculoskeletal disorder, causes symptoms in the temporomandibular joint and masticatory muscles, and is linked to various factors. In this study, we conducted an employee survey to assess the relationship betwee...

Introduction: The author (R. Wurgaft) has tried a unique way of splint therapy in the treatment of temporomandibular disorder. An orthopedic splint that only contact in the posterior occlusion, actually only the most distal contacts, is designed to distalize the mandible, and in turn to produce tissue remodeling of the temporomandibular joint. With this technique, it is possible to treat tempor...

BACKGROUND This paper seeks to analyse the psychometric and structural properties of the Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI) in a sample of temporomandibular disorder patients. METHODS The internal consistency of the scales was obtained. Confirmatory Factor Analysis was carried out to test the MPI structure section by section in a sample of 114 temporomandibular disorder patients. RESULTS...

Temporomandibular disorder is a chronic self limiting pain disorder. Over the years several theories have been proposed regarding its etiology. However, none of them could account for all the disorders that have come under the umbrella term temporomandibular disorders. The evolution of the etiological concepts from biomedical to the current biopsychosocial model makes for an interesting read. E...

Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder is a wide term that encompasses variety of disorders with varying etiologies. The purpose this study was to analyses electromyographic signals wavelet transform for the diagnostic methods which help in TMJ issues patients who visited Dental Centre. Due increasing importance electromyography diagnosing muscular disorders, such as temporomandibular disorder,...

AIM To identify the relationship between anterior disc displacement and global posture (plantar arches, lower limbs, shoulder and pelvic girdle, vertebral spine, head and mandibles). Common signs and symptoms of anterior disc displacement were also identified. INTRODUCTION Global posture deviations cause body adaptation and realignment, which may interfere with the organization and function o...

Nesbitt BA, Moyers RE, TenHave T: Adult temporomandibular joint disorder symptomatology and its association with childhood occlusal relations: a preliminary report. 38. In Carlson DS, McNamara JA, Ribbens KA: Developmental Aspects of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1985, pp 18389. 39. Stringert HG, Worms FW: Variations in skeletal and dental patte...

statement of the problem temporomandibular disorders (tmds) include a wide range of diseases such as masticatory muscles and temporomandibular joint (tmj) dysfunctions. the aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of temporomandibular disorders among patients who referred to the oral and maxillofacial surgery department of shaheed beheshti dental school, iran, 2007-2008. material and me...