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Temporomandibular Disorders: Comprehensive Management

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This chapter and indeed the whole of this book summarize a broader more inclusive philosophy in diagnosis and managing TMD that reflects both new conceptual models in understanding chronic illnesses and systematic reviews of therapeutic strategies for successful management of TMD.

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  1. HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research, Bloomington, MN, USA

    James Fricton

  2. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

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  3. Minnesota Head and Neck Pain Clinic, St. Paul, MN, USA

    James Fricton

  4. International Myopain Society, Nine Mile Falls, WA, USA

    James Fricton

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  1. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, San Francisco VA Health Care System, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

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    S. Thaddeus Connelly  & Rebeka G. Silva  & 

  3. Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Functional Anatomy Research Center (FARC), Universita degli Studi di Milano, Functional Anatomy Research Center, Milano, Italy

    Gianluca Martino Tartaglia

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Fricton, J. (2019). Temporomandibular Disorders: Comprehensive Management. In: Connelly, S.T., Tartaglia, G.M., Silva, R.G. (eds) Contemporary Management of Temporomandibular Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99915-9_1

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