Management of temporomandibular joint disorders
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Temporomandibular joint disorders
The term temporomandibular joint disorders (TMDs) are used to describe a wide range of symptoms manifested by disruption of normal temporomandibular joint function. Although the term is used to refer to a disease process, technically TMD is not a disease entity, rather a range of manifestations of altered structure and/or performance of articular and/or periarticular tissues that may arise from...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2212-4268
DOI: 10.1016/j.jobcr.2012.10.010