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Unnecessary Dental Treatment of Headache Patients for Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
Author(s) -
Reik Louis
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1985.hed2505246.x
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , temporomandibular joint , medical diagnosis , tmj disorders , headache disorders , dentistry , physical therapy , migraine , family medicine , anesthesia , pathology
SYNOPSIS The charts of 100 consecutive headache clinic patients were reviewed retrospectively to determine the frequency of prior dental treatment for TMJ disorders. Twenty had been treated, but only 4 satisfied our diagnostic criteria for the TMJ pain‐dysfunction syndrome. The other 16 satisfied conventional criteria for other headache diagnoses, and none of them had improved with dental treatment. Increased patient awareness of the TMJ syndrome, inappropriate referral by physicians and incorrect diagnosis by dentists all probably led to the unnecessary dental treatment.
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