title: Rising costs lead to DM program aimed at TMD.
abstract: Pain and other symptoms associated with the jaw are nothing new, but some health care organizations have noticed that costs and complaints related to these problems are on the rise, and there continues to be controversy over where such problems belong: in the hands of a dentist or a physician. Further, many experts believe patients with TMD are too often treated more aggressively than need be, and that a step-by-step approach, emphasizing conservative strategies first, is long overdue.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019090:Case Management; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States