Disturbance of functional occlusion syndrome.
This article explains the relationship between headaches, temporomandibular joint pain dysfunction and the initiating factor, derangement of dental occlusion. A basic understanding of the disease process is outlined along with simple diagnostic aids and a method of treatment. The term 'disturbance of functional occlusion syndrome' (DOFOS), used here for the first time, correlates all those elements of a condition which previously has been considered in parts as separate disease entities.
D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008334:Mandible / Q000503:physiopathology; D013035:Spasm; D013577:Syndrome; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*