Justin Durham and Alexandra Penn share advice for dental professionals on diagnosing and managing temporomandibular disorder (TMD) patients.

If you have ever yawned or chewed food and heard your jaw click, you are far from alone. Whilst this common condition is not ...

If you’ve ever yawned or chewed and noticed your jaw clicking, you’re not alone. Although this is a common issue and usually ...

If they say a dentist may be the better option, the dentist will likely recommend a mouth guard or mouth splint. These are worn at night and protect your teeth from damage, and can be made to fit ...

Located on each side of your head, the temporomandibular joints work together when you chew, speak or swallow. The muscles, tendons and ligaments as well as the jaw bones allow you to open and close ...

The distribution of frequencies of temporomandibular disorder (TMD) symptoms is shown in Table 1. The prevalence of TMD symptoms according to age and gender is shown in Table 2. No significant ...

Otalgia is also a very common symptom of functional disturbances of the masticatory system. [5] The frequency of otalgia in patients with TMD reported 5% to 42%. [10] Kitsoulis found that 10.8% of TMD ...