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Examination, diagnosis and treatment of occlusal pain‐dysfunction
Author(s) -
McNamara David C.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1978.tb02872.x
Subject(s) - medicine , degeneration (medical) , signs and symptoms , chronic pain , physical examination , dentistry , physical therapy , surgery , pathology
A bstract — The complaint of chronic oro‐facial pain is common, and this often presents as a frustrating diagnostic problem. Conventional efforts at dental management of chronic pain‐dysfunction in the occlusal components, tend to be unrewarding when the tissue degeneration is advanced. However, early treatment and prevention of the signs and symptoms are in the realm of every‐day general practice.