[Masticatory system pain-dysfunction syndrome at the University Hospital Center in Yaounde, Cameroon--a study in 1994].
TMJD is a painful syndrome. Carrying a patient suffering of this syndrome is above all to relieve him of pain. The treatment of TMJD is therefore primary the treatment of pain, but as it is known, pain is just a physiologic phenomenon. It can be found in a particular way in between the person. The personality and his culture and this demand the person who treats to treat without going to therapeutical express and to consider the social context in which the patient lives. In the treatment of TMJD, we know how to give good dental treatment. We know how to prescribe muscle relaxants, anti-anxiety drugs and anaesthetics but the psychological aspect remains, according to my humble opinion, as the most favouring factor which we should absolutely consider in case of patient who does not present any occlusal aetiology. This patient should rather be oriented towards a specialist in psychotherapy or towards a post traumatic psychological recuperation which is done in "Life Center for Women" for example.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002163:Cameroon; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009125:Muscle Relaxants, Central / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010551:Personality; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012737:Sex Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*
D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D009125:Muscle Relaxants, Central