Primary temporomandibular disorders and comorbid conditions

Orofacial Pain Disorders (ofp), Temporomandibular Disorders (tmd) and Comorbid Conditions, Recent Concepts and Education in Dental Medicine

The Relationship between Temporomandibular Disorders (TMDs) and Overall Denture Conditions in Complete Denture Wearers

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate whether there is any relationship between the condition of complete dentures and TMDs. Methods: The sample consisted of 61 consecutive patients (35 females and 26 males) who were admitted to the Department of Prosthodontics of Mashhad Faculty of Dentistry for fabrication of new complete dentures.  The age range of the participants was betwe...

Epidemiology of temporomandibular joint disorders and related painful conditions

Epidemiology uncovers patterns of disease distribution in human populations and seeks determinants of those patterns. With recent emphasis on chronic pain as “a disease in itself”, it is informative to compare how the distribution of temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJD) compares with that of related pain conditions. Over two decades of National Health Interview Surveys (1989 to 2009), the p...

Learning Disorders and Comorbid Disorders

Although behavioral difficulties are well documented in reading disabilities, little is known about the relationship between math ability and internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Here, we use standardized measures to investigate the relation among early math ability, math anxiety, and internalizing and externalizing behaviors in a group of 366 second and third graders. Math achievement wa...

Comorbid disorders and sociodemographic variables in temporomandibular pain in the general Dutch population.

AIMS (1) To determine the prevalence of temporomandibular disorder (TMD)-pain complaints in the general Dutch population; (2) to investigate its relationship with age, sex, educational attainment, and country of birth; (3) to determine its association with other pain complaints; and (4) to determine whether there are TMD subgroups (ie, with regard to their sociodemographic variables) that are m...