For most of her life, Lynn Tomfohrde didn't worry much about her mouth. Besides undergoing the usual orthodontia work as a kid and developing a couple of cavities in her 20s, her dental history was… ...

After occlusal splint treatment, TMD patients saw the greatest improvement in pain with an effective rate of about 72% (p < 0.05). As for diet, mandibular function, and quality of life, the effective ...

Study examines treatment responses in TMD patients Date: December 19, 2013 Source: American Pain Society Summary: Tempromandibular pain disorders (TMDs) are characterized by a dysfunction of the ...

Background Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) patients might present a number of concurrent clinical diagnoses that may be clustered according to their similarity. Profiling patients' clinical ...

Do you have patients with dentofacial deformities who also have a pre-existing temporomandibular disorder (TMD)? If you are concerned about finding the best way to help these patients with both their ...

A TMJ patient in Maine had six surgeries to replace part or all of the joints of her jaw. Another woman in California, desperate for relief, used a screwdriver to lengthen her jawbone daily, ...

TMJ treatments are often not covered by medical or dental insurance, leaving patients with a few hundred dollars to tens of thousands of dollars in debt. ‘A bottomless pit’: How out-of-pocket ...

A TMJ patient in Maine had six surgeries to replace part or all of the joints of her jaw. Another woman in California, desperate for relief, used a screwdriver to lengthen her jawbone daily ...

A TMJ patient in Maine had six surgeries to replace part or all of the joints of her jaw. Another woman in California, desperate for relief, used a screwdriver to lengthen her jawbone daily, ...

Dentists have attempted to heal TMJ patients for close to a century, and yet the disorders remain misunderstood, under-researched and ineffectively treated, according to a recent investigation.