Affiliations 

  • 1 Hashim b. Yaacob, BDS, MSc. Cert. lmmun, MIHE. Department of Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, Dental Faculty, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Ling Booi Cie, BDS, MSc, Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Dental Faculty, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 1981 Sep;36(3):177-80.
PMID: 7329376

Abstract

Fifty patients with temporomandibular pain dysfunction syndrome were examined. Seventy-eight percent and 32 percent were female and male respectively. The white collar workers were more frequently affected. Emotional stress, dental malocclusion and a history of trauma were the main causes. Treatment consists of reassurance, relaxed jaw movements and exercises, anxiolytic drugs, thermotherapy, biting appliance, occlusal adjustments and restoration of lost dental units.

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