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Bruxism/Teeth Grinding
- Bruxism and oro-facial pain not related to temporomandibular disorder conditions: Comorbidities or risk factors?
- Oral splints for patients with TMJ or bruxism: A Systematic review and economic evaluation. Health technology assessment
- Drug induced bruxism
- A revised view of the role of sleep bruxism and sleep chewing muscle activity in TMJ muscle pain
- TMJ and tooth-grinding: A surprising finding
- The NTI-tss device for the therapy of bruxism, temporomandibular disorders, and headache – where do we stand? A qualitative systematic review of the literature
Causes
- Occurrence of Temporomandibular Disorders among patients undergoing treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome (OSAS) using Mandibular Advancement Device (MAD): A Systematic Review conducted according to PRISMA guidelines and the Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions
- Impaired tongue motor control after temporomandibular disorder: A proof‐of‐concept case‐control study of tongue print
- Role of Connexin 43 in an Inflammatory Model for TMJ Hyperalgesia
- Standardized palpation of the temporalis muscle evoke referred pain and sensations in individuals without TMD
- A novel rat model of temporomandibular disorder with improved face and construct validities
- Transitioning to chronic TMD pain: A combination of patient vulnerabilities and iatrogenesis
- Long-term evaluation of temporomandibular disorders in association with cytokine and autoantibody status in young women
- Sustained and repeated mouth opening leads to development of painful TMJ involving macrophage/microglia activation in mice
- Prolonged Jaw Opening Promotes Nociception and Enhanced Cytokine Expression
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome as a cause of temporomandibular joint disorders
Diagnosis
- The TMD-7 as a Brief Measure for Assessing Temporomandibular Disorder
- Reliability and Validity of the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders Axis I in Clinical and Research Settings: A Critical Appraisal
- In children and adolescents with temporomandibular disorder assembled with juvenile idiopathic arthritis – no association were found between pain and TMJ deformities using CBCT
- Analysis of asporin levels in patients with temporomandibular joint disorders
- A comprehensive review on biomarkers associated with painful temporomandibular disorders
- Diagnostic and screening inventories for temporomandibular disorders: A systematic review
- Altered levels of salivary and plasma pain related markers in temporomandibular disorders
- Common factors in the presentation and management of chronic temporomandibular disorders and chronic overlapping pain disorders
- Over diagnosis and unnecessary therapy
- The accuracy of electromyography in diagnosing temporomandibular disorders: A systematic review
Endocrine
- Similarities and differences of estrogen in the regulation of temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis and knee osteoarthritis
- Estrogen deficiency during puberty affects the expression of microRNA30a and microRNA503 in the mandibular condyle
- Association of Hormonal Contraceptive Use with Headache and Temporomandibular Pain: The OPPERA Study
- Temporomandibular disorder and serum levels of progesterone and estrogen: Systematic review
- Parathyroid hormone attenuates osteoarthritis pain by remodeling subchondral bone in mice
- Do sex hormone imbalances contribute to idiopathic condylar resorption?
- Impact of estrogen therapy on temporomandibular joints of rats: Histological and hormone analytical study
- Progesterone and allopregnanolone rapidly attenuate estrogen-associated mechanical allodynia in rats with persistent temporomandibular joint inflammation
- The effects of estrogen on temporomandibular joint pain as influenced by trigeminal caudalis neurons
- Sex hormones in association with general joint laxity and hypermobility in the temporomandibular joint in adolescents-results of the epidemiologic LIFE child study
- Estrogen selectively enhances TMJ disc but not knee meniscus matrix loss
- Pituitary hormones and orofacial pain
Genetics
- Genetic Landscape of Masticatory Muscle Tendon—Aponeurosis Hyperplasia
- Is catechol-O-methyltransferase gene associated with temporomandibular disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis
- AAV gene therapy vectors in the TMJ
- A novel nonsense mutation in the dimerization domain of FLNC causing mild myofibrillar myopathy
- Genetic polymorphisms of TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-10 in female elderly patients with chronic temporomandibular disorder pain
- A Computational Data Mining Strategy to Identify the Common Genetic Markers of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders and Osteoarthritis
- TNF-α levels and presence of SNP–308G/A of TNF-α gene in temporomandibular disorder patients
- Modeling Secondary Phenotypes Conditional on Genotypes in Case–Control Studies
- Genetic overlap between temporomandibular disorders and primary headaches: A systematic review
- Involvement of an FTO gene polymorphism in the temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis
- ACTN3 genotype influences masseter muscle characteristics and self-reported bruxism
- High pretreatment systemic immune-inflammation index values are associated with diminished short-term success after temporomandibular joint arthrocentesis procedure
- Genetics and Oral Diseases: A scoping review
- Gene Dysregulation in Peripheral Blood of Young Females With Temporomandibular Joint Osteoarthritis
- Transcriptomes in peripheral blood of young females with temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis
- Proteomic expression profile in human temporomandibular joint dysfunction
- Aberrant brain signal variability and COMT genotype in chronic TMD patients
- Genetic differences contributing to TMJ susceptibility in males
- Epigenetic and therapeutic implications of dnmt3b in temporomandibular osteoarthritis
- The association of genetic polymorphisms in serotonin transporter and catechol-O-methyltransferase on temporomandibular disorders and anxiety in adolescents
- Salivary Levels of Interleukin-1β in Temporomandibular Disorders and Fibromyalgia
- Gene mutations associated with temporomandibular joint disorders: A systematic review
- Phenotypic Correlates of Incidentally Discovered Pathogenic Variants in Aortopathy Genes
General Dental Care
Medications
- Oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs as treatment of joint and muscle pain in temporomandibular disorders: A systematic review
- The Scoop on TMJ pharmaceuticals
- Pharmacological treatment of oro-facial pain – health technology assessment including a systematic review with network meta-analysis
- Combined palliative and anti-inflammatory medications as treatment of temporomandibular joint disc displacement without reduction: a systematic review
- Pharmacological interventions for pain in patients with temporomandibular disorders
- The use of tricyclic antidepressants in the treatment of temporomandibular joint disorders: systematic review of the literature of the last 20 years
- In patients with temporomandibular disorders, do particular interventions influence oral health-related quality of life? A qualitative systematic review of the literature
- Pharmacologic interventions in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders, atypical facial pain, and burning mouth syndrome. A qualitative systematic review
- Pharmacotherapy of orofacial pain
Multiple Therapies
- A meta-synthesis of qualitative data exploring the experience of living with temporomandibular disorders the patients’ voice
- Advice for Dentists from Temporomandibular Disorder Patients: A Phenomenological Study
- The hierarchy of different treatments for myogenous temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials
- Is nonsurgical management effective in temporomandibular joint disorders? – A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Outcomes of therapeutic TMJ interventions on oral health related quality of life: A qualitative systematic review
- Effect of temporomandibular disorder therapy on otologic signs and symptoms: a systematic review
- Management of TMJ: Evidence from systematic reviews and meta-analyses
- Is there a superiority of multimodal as opposed to simple therapy in patients with temporomandibular disorders? A qualitative systematic review of the literature
Nutrition
- Food for thought: Eating soft foods may alter the brain’s control of chewing
- Temporomandibular Disorders and Dietary Changes: A Cross‐sectional Survey
- Exploring mental health experience in individuals living with temporomandibular disorders
- Self-reported severity of taste disturbances correlates with dysfunctional grade of TMD pain
- Tongue strength, masticatory and swallowing dysfunction in patients with chronic temporomandibular disorder
- Masticatory behaviour and chewing difficulties in young adults with temporomandibular disorders
- Swallowing changes related to chronic temporomandibular disorders
- The use of modified diets by adults with temporomandibular disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis
- Effect of educational and self-care therapies on masticatory performance of women with painful temporomandibular disorder
- Pain and temporomandibular disorders in patients with eating disorders
- Oro-facial pain and nutrition: a forgotten relationship?
- Serum nutrient deficiencies in the patient with complex temporomandibular joint problems
Other Treatments
Acupuncture
- Acupuncture in temporomandibular disorder myofascial pain treatment: A systematic review
- Acupuncture therapy in the management of the clinical outcomes for temporomandibular disorders: A PRISMA-compliant meta-analysis
- Acupuncture for treating temporomandibular joint disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized, sham-controlled trials
- Acupuncture for temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review
- Effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders of muscular origin: a systematic review of the last decade
- Acupuncture in the treatment of pain in temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
- Practical recommendations for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders based on the outcome of published controlled studies
- Acupuncture as a treatment for temporomandibular joint dysfunction: a systematic review of randomized trials
Dry Needling
Injections
- No Effects of Intra-Articular Injections of Sodium Hyaluronate, Corticosteroids, Platelet-Rich Plasma on Temporomandibular Joint Osteoarthritis: a Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
- Efficacy of hypertonic dextrose injection (prolotherapy) in temporomandibular joint dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Mechanisms of Action and Efficacy of Hyaluronic Acid, Corticosteroids and Platelet-Rich Plasma in the Treatment of Temporomandibular Joint Osteoarthritis-A Systematic Review
- Effect of multiple injections of botulinum toxin into painful masticatory muscles on bone density in the temporomandibular complex
Botox for TMJ disorders not linked to bone loss in the short term, finds study
Botox for TMJ disorders not linked to bone loss in the short term, finds study
- Early molecular responses and microanatomical changes in the masseter muscle and mandible head after botulinum toxin intervention in adult mice
- A systematic review of different substance injection and dry needling for treatment of temporomandibular myofascial pain
- Efficacy of viscosupplementation with hyaluronic acid in temporomandibular disorders: A systematic review
- Effect of hyaluronic acid on the regulation of inflammatory mediators in osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint: a systematic review
- Repeated Injections of Botox in the masseter muscle…A longitudinal study
- Unclear results of botulinum toxin therapy for TMJ pain
- Platelet-rich plasma for the therapeutic management of temporomandibular joint disorders: a systematic review
- Effectiveness of intra-articular injections of sodium hyaluronate or corticosteroids for intracapsular temporomandibular disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Are intra-articular injections of hyaluronic acid effective for the treatment of temporomandibular disorders? A systematic review
- Botulinum toxin therapy for temporomandibular joint disorders: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
- Further evidence that botox injections cause bone loss in jaw
- Patient bone-related safety of Botox for treatment of TMJ
- Intra-articular injections with corticosteroids and sodium hyaluronate for treating temporomandibular joint disorders: a systematic review
- Inferior or double joint spaces injection versus superior joint space injection for temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Hyaluronic acid in the treatment of TMJ disorders: a systematic review of the literature
- Osteopenic consequences of botulinum toxin injections in the masticatory muscles: a pilot study
Psychosocial/Behavioral Interventions/Biofeedback/Brain Stimulation
- Non-invasive brain stimulation in chronic orofacial pain: a systematic review
- The effectiveness of noninvasive interventions for temporomandibular disorders: A systematic review by the Ontario protocol for traffic injury management (OPTIMa) collaboration
- Self-management in temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review of behavioural components
- Tailored treatments in temporomandibular disorders: where are we now? A systematic qualitative literature review
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of usual treatment versus psychosocial interventions in the treatment of myofascial temporomandibular disorder pain
- Counselling and self-management therapies for temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review
- The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapy for temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review
- Efficacy of biofeedback-based treatments for temporomandibular disorders
- A meta-analysis of EMG biofeedback treatment of temporomandibular disorders
Ethics/Clinical Practice Guidelines
Low-Level Laser
- Role of Photobiomodulation Therapy in Modulating Oxidative Stress in Temporomandibular Disorders. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Human Randomised Controlled Trials
- Comparative effectiveness of low-level laser therapy with different wavelengths and transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation in the treatment of pain caused by temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
- Low-level laser therapy for temporomandibular disorders: A systematic review with meta-analysis
- Efficacy of low-level laser therapy in the treatment of temporomandibular myofascial pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Efficacy of low-level laser therapy in temporomandibular disorders: A systematic review.
- Analysis of laser therapy and assessment methods in the rehabilitation of temporomandibular disorder: a systematic review of the literature
- Efficacy of low-level laser therapy in the treatment of TMDs: a meta-analysis of 14 randomized controlled trials
- Manipulative and multimodal therapy for upper extremity and temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review
- Low level laser therapy for the treatment of temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review of the literature
- Effect of low-level laser therapy on pain levels in patients with temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review
- Is low level laser effective for the treatment of orofacial pain?: A systematic review
- Effectiveness of low-level laser therapy in temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ozone Therapy
Physical Therapy/Manipulation/Chiropractic Care/Speech Therapy/Rehabilitation
- Impact of cervical spine rehabilitation on temporomandibular joint functioning in patients with idiopathic neck pain
- Speech therapy in temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction: a literature review
- Can physical therapies for chronic temporomandibular disorders cause the wind-up of nociceptive neurons in the trigeminal subnucleus caudalis?
- Outcomes and patient satisfaction following individualized physical therapy treatment for patients diagnosed with temporomandibular disc displacement without reduction with limited opening: A cross-sectional study
- Mandibular manipulation for the treatment of temporomandibular disorder
Self-Management/ Exercise/ Counseling/ Relaxation/ Manual Therapy
- Hot and cold packs: Most effective therapy
- How accurate are dental websites when it comes to TMJ?
- Effectiveness of manual therapy and therapeutic exercise for temporomandibular disorders: Systematic review and meta-analysis
- The effectiveness of physiotherapy in the management of temporomandibular disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- TMJ self-management programs
- The effectiveness of exercise therapy for temporomandibular dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Efficacy of musculoskeletal manual approach in the treatment of temporomandibular joint disorder: A systematic review with meta-analysis
- Hypnosis/Relaxation Therapy for TMJ: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
- Hypnosis/Relaxation therapy for temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
- Manual therapy for the management of pain and limited range of motion in subjects with signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorder: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
- Counseling and self-management therapies for TMJ: Systematic review
- A systematic review of the effectiveness of exercise, manual therapy, electrotherapy, relaxation training, and biofeedback in the management of temporomandibular disorder
- A systematic review of the effectiveness of physical therapy interventions for temporomandibular disorders
Pain
- Plastic changes in nociceptive pathways contributing to persistent orofacial pain
- Circulating polyunsaturated fatty acids, pressure pain thresholds, and nociplastic pain conditions
- Acute inflammatory response via neutrophil activation protects against the development of chronic pain
- Self-reported severity of taste disturbances correlates with dysfunctional grade of TMD pain
- Experimental pain sensitivity in subjects with temporomandibular disorders and multiple other chronic pain conditions: The OPPERA prospective cohort study
- Clinical characteristics of pain among five chronic overlapping pain conditions
- Association between signs of hyperalgesia and reported frequent pain in jaw-face and head
- Pain sensitivity modifies risk of injury-related temporomandibular disorder
- The dichotomous role of epiregulin in pain
- Common factors in the presentation and management of chronic temporomandibular disorders and chronic overlapping pain disorders
- Evaluation of skin sensitivity in individuals presented with temporomandibular disorder
- Hyperactive brain network may be cause for chronic pain in fibromyalgia
- Why head and face pain cause more suffering
- Pain in your head hurts more than elsewhere in the body
- Centralized pain in TMJ: Is it all in the head
- Are TMJ patients more pain sensitive? Maybe. But it’s complicated
Pediatric/Adolescent Populations
- Increased risk of temporomandibular joint disorders and craniofacial deformities in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a population-based cohort study
- Therapeutic strategies for treating juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Controversial Aspects of Diagnostics and Therapy of Arthritis of the Temporomandibular Joint in Rheumatoid and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis—An Analysis of Evidence- and Consensus-Based Recommendations Based on an Interdisciplinary Guideline Project
- Parafunctions, signs and symptoms of Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD), in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): the results of the SOPKARD-junior study
- Self‐reported symptoms of temporomandibular pain and jaw dysfunction in adolescents is associated with exposure to violence
- Quality of life in young and middle age adult temporomandibular disorders patients and asymptomatic subjects: A systematic review
- Effect of oral splints on muscular temporomandibular disorders in children: A systematic review
- Prevalence and treatment strategies regarding temporomandibular disorders in children and adolescents: A systematic review
- Temporomandibular disorder, body pain and systemic diseases: assessing their associations in adolescents
- Outcome of orthodontic palatal plate therapy for orofacial dysfunction in children with Down syndrome: A systematic review
- Prosthetic temporomandibular joint reconstruction in a cohort of adolescent females with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Quality of Life Impact
Related/Comorbid Conditions
- Fatigue in Adults with Chronic Arthralgia/Myalgia in the Temporomandibular Region: Associations with Poor Sleep Quality, Depression, Pain Intensity, and Future Pain Interference
- An online survey of pelvic congestion support group members regarding comorbid symptoms and syndromes
- Oral changes in patients with psoriasis
- Preclinical studies investigating the neural mechanisms involved in the co-morbidity of migraine and temporomandibular disorders: the role of CGRP
- Impact of Fibromyalgia phenotype in temporomandibular disorders
- Relationship between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and temporomandibular disorders in adults: a questionnaire-based report
- Parkinson’s disease, temporomandibular disorder pain and bruxism and its clinical consequences: a protocol of a single-centre observational outpatient study
- Prevalence of New-Onset Otological Symptoms in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders
- The Influence of Degrees of Severity of Temporomandibular Dysfunction on Report of Vestibular Symptoms – A Cross-Sectional Study
- Temporomandibular disorder in individuals with spinal cord injuries
- Temporomandibular joint disorders and trismus in head and neck cancer patients
- Temporomandibular joint arterial variability
- The organ of vision and the stomatognathic system—review of association studies and evidence-based discussion
- The prevalence of comorbid chronic pain conditions among patients with temporomandibular disorders: A systematic review
- Cervical spine signs and symptoms: Perpetuating rather than predisposing factors for temporomandibular disorders in women
- Spinal CCK contributes to somatic hyperalgesia induced by orofacial inflammation combined with stress in adult female rats
- Impact of Cervical Spine Rehabilitation on Temporomandibular Joint Functioning in Patients with Idiopathic Neck Pain
- The Influence of Degrees of Severity of Temporomandibular Dysfunction on Report of Vestibular Symptoms – A Cross-Sectional Study
- Evaluation of swallowing pattern sound in patients with temporomandibular disorder
- Temporomandibular disorder as risk factor for radiationinduced trismus in patients with head and neck cancer
- Prevalence of temporomandibular joint disorders in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: A cross-sectional study
- The prevalence and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders in head and neck cancer patients
- Association between primary headaches and temporomandibular disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Temporomandibular disorders in patients with inherited coagulation disorders: A clinical study
- Temporomandibular disorders and traumatic brain injury: Two sides of the same coin
- Comparison of Sleep Quality Deterioration by Subgroup of Painful Temporomandibular Disorder Based on Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders
- Association of temporomandibular disorder-related pain with severe headaches—a Bayesian view
- Pelvic floor myalgia and temporomandibular joint dysfunction: A common and clinically important relationship
- Comorbid Conditions in Temporomandibular Disorders Myalgia and Myofascial Pain Compared to Fibromyalgia
- Rehabilitation of the face and temporomandibular joint in systemic sclerosis
- Association between temporomandibular joint disorder and Parkinson’s disease
- TMJ pain as a presentation of metastatic breast cancer to the right mandibular condyle
- Medical management, orofacial findings, and dental care for the patient with Parkinson’s disease
- Sleep bruxism and temporomandibular disorders a scoping review of the literature
- Frequency of involvement of different head and neck sites in referred otalgia
- Animal models of temporomandibular disorder
- Clinical, psychological, and sensory characteristics associated with headache attributed to temporomandibular disorder in people with chronic myogenous temporomandibular disorder and primary headaches
- Temporomandibular disorders and Fibromyalgia: A narrative review
- Chairside risk assessment for first-onset temporomandibular disorders: Result from the Orofacial Pain: Prospective Evaluation and Risk Assessment data set
- Bidirectional relationship between temporomandibular disorder and ankylosing spondylitis: a population-based cohort study
- Temporomandibular disorders and their association with sleep disorders in adults: A systematic review
- Manifestations of urinary system pathology at young age patients with temporomandibular joint diseases
- The prevalence of first-onset temporomandibular disorder in low back pain and associated risk factors: A nationwide population-based cohort study with a 15-year follow-up
- Association of cervical spine signs and symptoms with temporomandibular disorders in adults: a systemic review protocol
- Multi-ethnic GWAS and meta-analysis of sleep quality identify MPP6 as a novel gene that functions in sleep center neurons
- Attributes Germane to temporomandibular disorders and their associations with five chronic overlapping pain conditions
- Biomechanical modeling of the temporomandibular joint forces influence on the internal carotid artery
- A genetic polymorphism that is associated with mitrochondrial energy metabolism increases risk of fibromyalgia
- Association of sleep disturbance, atopy, and other health measures with chronic overlapping pain conditions
- Overlap of five chronic pain conditions: Temporomandibular disorders, headache, back pain, irritable bowel syndrome, and fibromyalgia
- Cervical musculoskeletal disorders in patients with temporomandibular dysfunction: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Upper cervical spine abnormalities as a radiographic index in the diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular disorders
- Associations of psychologic factors with multiple chronic overlapping pain conditions
- Chronic pain and depression as factors associated with temporomandibular dysfunction in older adults with Parkinson’s disease
- Depression and anxiety levels in patients with temporomandibular disorders: comparisons with the general population
- Association between symptoms of Temporomandibular disorders and depression: An epidemiological study of the Northern Finland 1966 birth cohort
- Brain responses in CFS and TMJ to autonomic challenges” an exploratory fMRI study
- The prevalence of concurrent headache and temporomandibular disorder a systematic review protocol
- Common factors in the presentation and management of chronic TMJ and chronic overlapping pain disorders
- Temporomandibular disorders and oral features in systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients: An observational study of symptoms and signs
- The prevalence of eustachian tube dysfunction symptom in temporomandibular joint disorder patient
- Does surgical release of TMJ bony ankylosis increase the risk of trigeminocardiac reflex? A retrospective cohort study
- Oral manifestations in patients with neurofibromatosis type-1: a comprehensive literature review
- Association between child maltreatment and central sensitivity syndromes: a systematic review protocol
- Selected ENT symptoms in functional disorders of the upper cervical spine and temporomandibular joints
- Prevalence of Function-Dependent Temporomandibular Joint and Masticatory Muscle Pain, and Predictors of Temporomandibular Disorders among Patients with Lyme Disease
- A phenomenologic study about the dietary habits and digestive complications for people living with temporomandibular joint disorder
- You, your esophagus and TMJ
- Cervical muscle tenderness in temporomandibular disorders and its associations with diagnosis, disease-related outcomes, and comorbid pain conditions
- The relationship between spinal pain and temporomandibular joint disorders in Korea: a nationwide propensity score-matched study
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease combined with vertebral compression fracture increases the risk of temporomandibular disorder: A population-based cohort study
- Some thoughts on depression
- Tinnitus as a comorbidity to temporomandibular disorders-A systematic review
- Effects of occlusal splint therapy in patients with migraine or tension-type headache and comorbid TMD
- Comorbidity between fibromyalgia and temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review
- Associations among gastroesophageal reflux disease, mental disorders, sleep and chronic temporomandibular disorder: a case-control study
- Jaw pain and myocardial ischemia: A review of potential neuroanatomical pathways
- Temporomandibular dysfunction in patients with a history of stroke
- Temporomandibular disorder among women who experienced posttraumatic stress disorder after a miscarriage
- Neurologic disorders of the maxillofacial region
- Orofacial manifestations and dental management of systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A review
- Polymorphisms in COMT, ADRB2 and HTR1A genes are associated with temporomandibular disorders in individuals with other arthralgias
- Assessment of temporomandibular joint dysfunction in patients with stroke
- Clinical phenotype of South-East Asian temporomandibular disorder patients with upper airway resistance syndrome
- Temporomandibular disorder and comorbid neck pain: Facts and hypotheses regarding pain-induced and rehabilitation-induced motor activity changes
- Chronic skull base erosion from temporomandibular joint disease causes generalized seizure and profound lactic acidosis
- Evaluation of Temporomandibular Disorders and Comorbidities in Patients with Ehler–Danlos: Clinical and Digital Findings
- Systemic diseases and other painful conditions in patients with temporomandibular disorders and migraine
- Association of temporomandibular disorder and high frequency of suicide ideation in Korean adolescents: a cross-sectional survey
- Orofacial manifestations and Temporomandibular disorders of Sjögren Syndrome: An observational study
- Limited jaw movements and somatization (but not pain) may play a role in salivary flow in female patients with temporomandibular disorders
- Swallowing changes related to chronic TMJ
- Relationships between temporomandibular disorders, MSD conditions, and mental health comorbidities: Findings from the Veterans musculoskeletal disorders cohort
- Massive aggrecan and versican accumulation in thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection
- Relationship between Expanded Disability Status Scale scores and the presence of temporomandibular disorders in patients with multiple sclerosis
- The effect of Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes on TMJ function and craniofacial pain
- Main oral manifestations in immune-mediated and inflammatory rheumatic diseases
- Oral and mandibular manifestations in the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes
- The prevalence of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in adults presenting with temporomandibular disorders associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Frequency of temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis and related symptoms in a hand osteoarthritis cohort
- Patients with chronic migraine more likely to suffer from TMJ
- A Systematic review of the comorbidity between temporomandibular disorders and chronic fatigue syndrome
- High risk of temporomandibular disorder in irritable bowel syndrome: Is there a correlation with greater illness severity?
- Are you a TMJ patient with tinnitus?
- Temporomandibular disorder: Otologic implications and its relationship to sleep bruxism
- Association between temporomandibular disorders, chronic diseases, and ophthalmologic and otolaryngologic disorders in Korean adults: A cross-sectional study
- Pain threshold, sleep quality and anxiety levels in individuals with temporomandibular disorders
- Prevalence of temporomandibular disorders in patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis
- Headache exacerbates pain characteristics in temporomandibular disorders
- Evidence that dry eye is a comorbid pain condition in a U.S. veteran population
- Association between chronic tension-type headache coexistent with chronic temporomandibular disorder pain and limitations in physical and emotional functioning: A case-control study
- Sleep moderates the relationship between temporomandibular joint disorder and laboratory-induced pain
- Fibromyalgia has a high prevalence and impact in cardiac failure patients
- Painful TMJ decade of discovery from OPPERA studies
- Increased risk of tinnitus in patients with temporomandibular disorder: A retrospective population-based cohort study
- TMJ and burning mouth syndrome
- Prevalence of Suicidal Ideation, Depression, and Anxiety in Chronic Temporomandibular Disorder Patients
- Myogenic temporomandibular disorders: Clinical systemic comorbidities in a female population sample
- Temporomandibular joint findings in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and primary Sjögren’s syndrome
- Temporomandibular dysfunction and headache disorder
- The manifestations of the pathological changes of the internal organs in patients with disease of temporomandibular joint
- Impact in oral health and the prevalence of temporomandibular disorder in individuals with Parkinson’s disease
- Connective tissue, Ehlers-Danlos syndromes, and head and cervical pain
- Influence of experimental oesophageal acidification on masseter muscle activity, cervicofacial behaviour and autonomic nervous activity in wakefulness
- A clinically relevant animal model of temporomandibular disorder and irritable bowel syndrome comorbidity
- Joint hypermobility and headache: The glue that binds the two together – Part 2
- Mitral valve prolapse and the association with cutaneous mucin infiltration
- Temporomandibular joint and muscle disorder-type pain and comorbid pains in a national US sample
- Overlap between orofacial pain and vulvar vestibulitis syndrome
- Oral Health status and temporomandibular disorders in multiple sclerosis patients
- Cardiovascular and sleep-related consequences of temporomandibular disorders
- Glucose intolerance associated with temporomandibular joint pain-dysfunction syndrome
Scientific Rigor/Systematic Reviews
- Patient-reported outcome measures for individuals with temporomandibular joint disorders: a systematic review and evaluation
- Reporting of adverse events and statistical details of efficacy estimates in randomized clinical trials of pain in temporomandibular disorders: Analgesic, anesthetic, and addiction clinical trial translations, Innovations, opportunities, and networks systematic review
- Methodological quality of a systematic review on physical therapy for temporomandibular disorders: influence of hand search and quality scales
- Critical appraisal of methods used in randomized controlled trials of treatments for temporomandibular disorders
Splints/Occlusal Adjustment Therapy
- Treating temporomandibular disorders in the 21st century: Can we finally eliminate the “third pathway”?
- Oral splints for patients with TMJ or bruxism: A systematic review and economic evaluation health technology assessment
- Oral splints for temporomandibular disorders or bruxism: a systematic review
- Is splint therapy required after arthrocentesis to improve outcome in the management of temporomandibular joint disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis
- What effect does functional appliance treatment have on the temporomandibular joint? A systematic review with meta-analysis
- Outcomes of therapeutic TMD interventions on oral health related quality of life: A qualitative systematic review
- Occlusal stabilization splint for patients with temporomandibular disorders: Meta-analysis of short and long term effects
- Prosthodontic planning in patients with temporomandibular disorders and/or bruxism: A systematic review
- Temporomandibular disorders and dental occlusion. A systematic review of association studies: end of an era?
- Occlusal Stabilization Splint for Patients with TMDs: Meta-Analysis of Short and Long-term Effects
- Efficacy of splint therapy for the management of temporomandibular disorders: a meta-analysis
- The role of stabilization splint in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders.
- Mandibular repositioning as TMJ treatment
- The role of stabilization splint in treatment of TMDs
- Effect of chin-cup treatment on the temporomandibular joint: a systematic review
- Stabilization splints may worsen obstructive sleep apnea
- The effectiveness of splint therapy in patients with temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- The effectiveness of splint therapy in patients with TMDs: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials evaluating intraoral orthopedic appliances for temporomandibular disorders
- The NTI-tss device for the therapy of bruxism, temporomandibular disorders, and headache – where do we stand? A qualitative systematic review of the literature
- Stabilization splint therapy for the treatment of temporomandibular myofascial pain: a systematic review
- Efficacy of stabilization splints for the management of patients with masticatory muscle pain: a qualitative systematic review
- Occlusal stabilization appliances. Evidence of their efficacy
- An evidence-based assessment of occlusal adjustment as a treatment for temporomandibular disorders
- Occlusal treatments in temporomandibular disorders: a qualitative systematic review of randomized controlled trials
- Temporomandibular joint dysfunction. Connective tissue variations in skin biopsy and mitral valve function
- Evaluation of 49 mitral valve prolapse patients for maxillofacial skeletal deformities and temporomandibular joint dysfunction
- Application of principles of evidence-based medicine to occlusal treatment for temporomandibular disorders: are there lessons to be learned?
Surgery
- Temporomandibular joint re-ankylosis: a case report and literature review
- Temporomandibular joint arthrocentesis: an evidence-based review
- Evaluation of Arthrocentesis with hyaluronic acid injections for management of temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review and case series
- A systematic review on the outcome of distraction osteogenesis in TMJ ankylosis
- Arthrocentesis of the temporomandibular joint: systematic review and clinical implications of research findings
- Single puncture versus standard double needle arthrocentesis for the management of temporomandibular joint disorders: A systematic review
- A comparison of clinical follow-up of different total temporomandibular joint replacement prostheses: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Outcomes of therapeutic TMD interventions on oral health related quality of life: A qualitative systematic review
- Temporomandibular lavage versus nonsurgical treatments for temporomandibular disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Does orthognathic surgery cause or cure temporomandibular disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Does orthognathic surgery cause or cure temporomandibular disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis
- The effect of orthognathic surgery on the temporomandibular joint and oral function: a systematic review
- The effect of orthognathic surgery on the temporomandibular joint and oral function: a systematic review
- Total temporomandibular joint replacement prostheses: a systematic review and bias-adjusted meta-analysis
- Interpositional arthroplasty versus reconstruction arthroplasty for temporomandibular joint ankylosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open versus arthroscopic surgery for the management of internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint: a meta-analysis of the literature
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery and chronic painful temporomandibular disorders–a systematic review
- Orthognathic treatment and temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review. Part 1. A new quality-assessment technique and analysis of study characteristics and classifications
- Orthognathic treatment and temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review. Part 2. Signs and symptoms and meta-analyses
- Meta-analysis of surgical treatments for temporomandibular articular disorders
TMJ Implants
- Heterotopic ossifcation after alloplastic temporomandibular joint replacement: a case cohort study
- Biomechanical evaluation of the human mandible after temporomandibular joint replacement under different biting conditions
- A preliminary analysis of the wear pathways of sliding contacts on temporomandibular joint total joint replacement prostheses
- Healthcare burden and associated adverse events from total alloplastic temporomandibular joint replacement: a national United States perspective
- Prosthetic temporomandibular joint reconstruction in a cohort of adolescent females with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Single puncture versus standard double needle arthrocentesis for the management of temporomandibular joint disorders: A systematic review
- Need an All titanium TMJ Implant?
- A comparison of clinical follow-up of different total temporomandibular joint replacement prostheses: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Total temporomandibular joint replacement prostheses: a systematic review and bias-adjusted meta-analysis
- Metal hypersensitivity to implant materials
- Metal allergies & temporomandibular disorders
Temporomandibular Joint
- Effect of science information regulator 3 on temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis
- GDF11 inhibits abnormal adipogenesis of condylar chondrocytes in temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis
- Temporomandibular joint ankylosis in Williams syndrome patient: an insight on the function of elastin in temporomandibular joint disorder
- Septic arthritis of the temporomandibular joint in adults: Systematic review
- Molecular signaling in temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis
- Temporomandibular disorders slow down the regeneration process of masticatory muscles: transcriptomic analysis
- Knee orthopedics as a template for the temporomandibular joint
- NIH researchers identify new genetic disorder that affects brain, craniofacial skeleton
- Idiopathic condylar resorption: A systematic review of etiology and management
- Are temporomandibular disorders associated with facial asymmetry? A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Collagen: quantification, biomechanics and role of minor subtypes in cartilage
- Stem cell study of jaw development could offer insight into craniofacial flaws
- Bioengineers grow living bone for facial reconstruction
- Generalized joint hypermobility and temporomandibular disorders: inherited connective tissue disease as a model with maximum expression
- Morphologic changes in the temporomandibular joint in different age groups: An autopsy investigation