Frontline Temporomandibular Joint/Orofacial Pain Therapy for Every Dental Practice. 2017

Lisa Germain, and Louis Malcmacher
Faculty, American Academy of Facial Esthetics; Private Practice, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are a group of conditions affecting the temporomandibular joint and/or muscles of mastication. TMD may present along with many comorbid pain syndromes such as myofascial pain, headache, and neck and back stiffness with limited range of motion, as well as fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. The diagnosis and management of TMD is complex and, many times, multidisciplinary. However, dentists can provide their patients with frontline temporomandibular/orofacial pain therapy with didactic and hands-on training that provides a better understanding and a conservative approach for treatment of TMDs.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005157 Facial Pain Pain in the facial region including orofacial pain and craniofacial pain. Associated conditions include local inflammatory and neoplastic disorders and neuralgic syndromes involving the trigeminal, facial, and glossopharyngeal nerves. Conditions which feature recurrent or persistent facial pain as the primary manifestation of disease are referred to as FACIAL PAIN SYNDROMES. Craniofacial Pain,Myofacial Pain,Orofacial Pain,Pain, Facial,Face Pain,Neuralgic Facial Pain,Facial Pain, Neuralgic,Pain, Craniofacial,Pain, Face,Pain, Myofacial,Pain, Neuralgic Facial,Pain, Orofacial
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013705 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders A variety of conditions affecting the anatomic and functional characteristics of the temporomandibular joint. Factors contributing to the complexity of temporomandibular diseases are its relation to dentition and mastication and the symptomatic effects in other areas which account for referred pain to the joint and the difficulties in applying traditional diagnostic procedures to temporomandibular joint pathology where tissue is rarely obtained and x-rays are often inadequate or nonspecific. Common diseases are developmental abnormalities, trauma, subluxation, luxation, arthritis, and neoplasia. (From Thoma's Oral Pathology, 6th ed, pp577-600) TMJ Disorders,TMJ Diseases,Temporomandibular Disorders,Temporomandibular Joint Diseases,Disease, TMJ,Disease, Temporomandibular Joint,Diseases, TMJ,Diseases, Temporomandibular Joint,Disorder, TMJ,Disorder, Temporomandibular,Disorder, Temporomandibular Joint,Disorders, TMJ,Disorders, Temporomandibular,Disorders, Temporomandibular Joint,Joint Disease, Temporomandibular,Joint Diseases, Temporomandibular,Joint Disorder, Temporomandibular,Joint Disorders, Temporomandibular,TMJ Disease,TMJ Disorder,Temporomandibular Disorder,Temporomandibular Joint Disease,Temporomandibular Joint Disorder
D019274 Botulinum Toxins, Type A A serotype of botulinum toxins that has specificity for cleavage of SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25. Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A,Botulinum Toxin A,Botulinum Toxin Type A,Botox,Botulinum A Toxin,Botulinum Neurotoxin A,Clostridium Botulinum Toxin Type A,Clostridium botulinum A Toxin,Meditoxin,Neuronox,Oculinum,Onabotulinumtoxin A,OnabotulinumtoxinA,Vistabel,Vistabex,Neurotoxin A, Botulinum,Toxin A, Botulinum,Toxin, Botulinum A

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