Phenomenology of TMDs

Validation of the chinese version of the oral health impact profile for TMDs (OHIP- TMDs-C)

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the the Chinese version of the Oral Health Impact Profile for TMDs (OHIP-TMDs-C). STUDY DESIGN The OHIP-TMDs was initially translated and cross-culturally adapted to Chinese following international guidelines; then subsequently validated for the psychometric characteristics of reliability and validity. In total, ...

Studies of TMDs with CLAS

TMDs in Laguerre polynomial basis

We suggest the modification of the standard approach to TMDs. The modification consists in the consideration of the small bT operator product expansion in the different operator basis. Instead of power expansion we suggest to use the Laguerre polynomial expansion. Within such a scheme the first term of OPE saturates TMDs in the wider range of bT in comparison to the power expansion that decreas...

Occlusion, TMDs, and dental education

The paradigmatic shift to evidence-based dentistry (EBD) that relates to occlusal therapy, selective occlusal adjustment (OA) and stabilization splints therapy (SS) for TMDs has had an unfavourable impact on the teaching of many of the important aspects of occlusion needed in dental practice. The teaching of OA systematically in dental schools has been nearly abandoned because of the belief tha...

Posterior crossbite and temporomandibular disorders (TMDs): need for orthodontic treatment?

The aim of this work was to update the bibliography regarding the concept of 'temporomandibular disorder (TMD)' and 'posterior crossbite' and try to find out if there is any association between some special signs/symptoms of TMD and type of posterior crossbite. A literature search from 1970 to 2009, due to specified criterion, resulted in 14 publications that were found to be relevant for the p...