despite numerous studies on the prevalence of temporomandibular joint disorders (tmjds) in adults, those performed in children are limited. this study determined the prevalence of tmjds in 9-12-year-old kermanian boy students living in southeast of iran. 240 boy students selected by randomized method and studied through a descriptive cross-sectional epidemiologic survey including interviews and...

The Nuprin Pain Report showed that the major health complaint in the USA was pain (88%)18 . In the same US population, recurrent or persistent orofacial pain (not including ‘toothache’) has been estimated to occur in 6-12% of people, with a similar figure of 5% of the population in the Netherlands. The variability in the US figures is probably related to the respective investigators adopting di...

Correspondence to: Eliane C. Rodrigues Corrêa Physiotherapy Department Federal University of Santa Maria – RS Rua Tuiuti 2462/803, Santa Maria, RS, CEP 97050420 e-mail: [email protected] Abstract This article studied the relationship among respiratory, masticatory and cervical muscles and the factors that contribute for TMD. It consists in a review of studies approaching dysfunctional br...