Abstract
This chapter focuses on diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD) including myofascial pain disorder (MPD) and disorders of the joint itself. Noninvasive treatments include physical therapy, pharmacotherapy, massage, thermotherapy, and occlusal appliance therapy. Lastly minimally invasive procedures such as arthrocentesis and arthroscopy as well as surgical procedures such as arthroplasty and total joint replacement will be discussed.
“Let us get a firm grip of the very little which we know, so that when fresh facts arise we may be ready to fit them into their places.”
Sherlock Holmes in—The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot
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Dolwick, M.F., Freburg-Hoffmeister, D. (2019). Disturbances of the Temporomandibular Joint Apparatus. In: Ferneini, E., Goupil, M. (eds) Evidence-Based Oral Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91361-2_19
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