Comments to the Paper “Occlusal Interferences: How Can This Concept Influence the Clinical Practice?”

In the aforementioned paper 1 the authors performed a brief review about " the role of oc-clusal interferences on the development and progression of temporomandibular dysfunc-tion (TMD) and postural disorders ". This review shows a clear bias with several articles favoring the cited relationships (Dental Occlusion, Tem-poromandibular Disorders and Postural Dys-function), whereas relevant papers that question these same relationships 2-17 were ignored. Because of this bias the statements that " occlu-sal interferences can play an important role in the development of TMDs " and " the relevance of the occlusal adjustment on the treatment of TMDs should be reevaluated " , seem not based in actual scientific literature, but rather only reflect the authors' personal point of view. interferences: how can this concept influence the clinical practice? Eur J Dent 2010;4:487-491. 2. Obrez A, Stohler CS. Jaw muscle pain and its effect on gothic arch tracings.ta A. The long-term effect of occlusal therapy on self-administered treatment outcomes of TMD.ment of occlusal adjustment as a treatment for temporo-mandibular disorders. 5. Fujii T. The relationship between the occlusal interference side and the symptomatic side in temporomandibular disorders .based medicine to occlusal treatment for temporomandib-ular disorders: are there lessons to be learned? J Orofac stock: from chasing occlusal contacts to vulnerability al-leles. Malocclusions and clinical signs or subjective symptoms of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) in adults. Results of the population-based study of health in Pomerania (SHIP). Association of malocclusion and functional occlusion with subjective symptoms of TMD in adults: results of the study R. Effect of occlusal interference on habitual activity of human masseter. effect of experimental occlusal interferences on pressure pain thresholds of the masseter and temporalis muscles in healthy women. reflection on past, present and future concepts.