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Digital splints plus exercises reduce pain in TMD patients

Patients with temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD) experienced significantly less pain, as well as improved diet and jaw function, after treatment with muscle exercises and digital occlusal splints ...
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Don't rush into braces with disc displacement: experts reveal the science of sequential therapy

This illustration was drafted by Prof. Yang himself and finished by his students. It depicts the sequential strategy for combined joint–mandible–occlusion diagnosis and treatment. Before and after the ...
Nature

Experimental and coupled quasi-linear viscoelastic biphasic modeling of regional and strain-rate dependent tensile behavior in the temporomandibular joint disc

The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a load-bearing fibrocartilaginous articulation that sustains combined tension, compression, and shear. Although the TMJ disc exhibits strong regional and ...
Nature

Intra- and inter-examination reproducibility of T2 mapping for temporomandibular joint assessment at 3.0 T

T2 mapping allows quantification of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ultrastructural degeneration. The study aimed to assess intra- and inter-examination reproducibility of T2 mapping for TMJ ...