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Limited Mouth Opening Secondary to Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis

Case Reports in Dentistry, 2013
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a relatively rare condition with an immunologically mediated pathogenesis. For reasons that are not clearly understood, dense collagen is deposited in the connective tissues of the body in extraordinary amounts.
Tomoko Wada, Saravanan Ram
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Third molar removal and orofacial pain : a population-based survey [PDF]

, 2010
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Blinkhorn, Anthony S, Coulthard, Paul, MacFarlane, Tatiana, Stevenson, Laura J   +3 more
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Age‐related radiomorphometric changes on panoramic radiographs

Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, 2021
Objectives We aimed to analyse age‐related anatomical changes in teeth and mandibular structures using panoramic radiographs. Materials and Methods We included 471 subjects aged 13–70 years (mean, 35.12 ± 18.72 years).
Yeon‐Hee Lee, Q‐Schick Auh, Yang‐Hyun Chun, Jung‐Sub An   +3 more
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Grading the intensity of nondental orofacial pain: Identification of cutoff points for mild, moderate, and severe pain [PDF]

, 2015
Background: When assessing pain in clinical practice, clinicians often label pain as mild, moderate, and severe. However, these categories are not distinctly defined, and are often used arbitrarily.
Brailo, V, Zakrzewska, JM
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Effect of standardized training in combination with masseter sensitization on corticomotor excitability in bruxer and control individuals: a proof of concept study

Scientific Reports, 2022
Recently, it has been proposed that bruxism could represent an overlearned behavior due to the absence of corticomotor plasticity following a relevant tooth-clenching task (TCT).
Noéli Boscato, Fernando G. Exposto, Yuri M. Costa, Peter Svensson   +3 more
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Parameter estimation in Cox models with missing failure indicators and the OPPERA study [PDF]

, 2015
In a prospective cohort study, examining all participants for incidence of the condition of interest may be prohibitively expensive. For example, the "gold standard" for diagnosing temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is a physical examination by a trained ...
Bair, Bender, Chen, Cook, Dodd, Dworkin, Efron, Fillingim, Gijbels, Greenspan, Little, Magaret, Magder, Maixner, Maixner, McKeague, Ohrbach, Rubin, Rubin, Slade, Slade, Smith, Subramanian   +22 more
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Akt2 inhibition alleviates temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis by preventing subchondral bone loss

Arthritis Research & Therapy
Background This study aimed to investigate the role and mechanism of the Akt2 pathway in different stages of anterior disc displacement (ADD)-induced temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis (TMJOA).
Shi-Yang Feng, Meng-Nan Cao, Chen-Chen Gao, Yi-Xin Li, Jie Lei, Kai-Yuan Fu   +5 more
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Do patients with chronic unilateral orofacial pain due to a temporomandibular disorder show increased attending to somatosensory input at the painful side of the jaw? [PDF]

, 2018
Background. Patients with chronic orofacial pain due to temporomandibular disorders (TMD) display alterations in somatosensory processing at the jaw, such as amplified perception of tactile stimuli, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.
Crombez, Geert, Poppe, Louise, Van Damme, Stefaan, Van Den Berghe, Linda, Vanden Bulcke, Charlotte   +4 more
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Assessment of symptoms of temporomandibular dysfunction in patients undergoing orthodontic treatment using occlusal lift

BrJP
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The use of orthodontic appliances is constantly associated with symptoms of temporomandibular disorder (TMD). In this sense, the present study aimed to investigate the development of TMD symptoms in patients undergoing ...
Isabella Avelar Santos, Gracia Lopes Costa, Rodrigo Bernardes Pereira, Thiago Bezerra Leite, António Sérgio Guimarães, Luciane Lacerda Franco Rocha Rodrigues   +5 more
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Clinical factors affecting depression in patients with painful temporomandibular disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic

Scientific Reports, 2022
Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are a multifactorial condition associated with both physical and psychological factors. Stress has been known to trigger or worsens TMD.
Yeon-Hee Lee, Q-Schick Auh
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