Examination, diagnosis and treatment of occlusal pain-dysfunction.
The complaint of chronic oro-facial pain is common, and this often presents as a frsutrating diagnostic problem. Conventional efforts at dental management of chronic pain-dysfunction in the occlusal components, tend to be unrewarding when the tissue degeneration is advanced. However, early treatment and prevention of the signs and symptoms are in the realm of every-day general practice.
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005792:General Practice, Dental; D006801:Humans; D010808:Physical Examination; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy