TEMPEROMANDIBULAR JOINT

APPROPRIATE Dx is KEY• Supported by detailed History.

• Specific test resultsROM

Muscle Examination

Joint examination

Baseline x-rays

• Appropriate Treatment Plan

• Reasonable outcome or re-eval. Dx & Tx

EVIDENCE BASED

• Majority of TM joint pains resolve without treatment

• Intervention should be supported by science, not anecdotal evidence.

• Intervention should be conservative and reversible

• Shy away from complicated, expensive, and non-evidence based treatments

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SIMPLE PAIN PATHWAY

REFERRED PAIN

Questionsabout TMD?Read the American Academy of Orofacial Pain’sonline

AAOP Central Office19 Mantua Road, Mount

Royal, NJ 08061Tel: (856) 423-3629Fax: (856) 423-3420

TMD Brochure

                                        

http://www.aaop.org

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