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On May 3rd, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research sponsored a roundtable meeting on the biology of the temporomandibular joint, together with the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the Nationa…

Biobehavioral Pain Management in TMD Clinical Trial at Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins
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If you are a government employee who understands the full impact of Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) on individuals, their loved ones and society-at-large, please help us to continue to change the face of TMJ by designating The TMJ Association as your…

In a well-argued review appearing in the leading science journal, Nature, investigators from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill suggest that both the diagnosis and treatment of TMD and other musculoskeletal pain conditions would benefit if h…

Upon return from August recess, members of Congress will be debating the federal budget, debt ceiling, and sequestration. There are many ways you can speak up for yourself, for all sufferers of TMD, and for medical research as a whole:
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This is the 20th consecutive year that The TMJ Association advocacy efforts have resulted in report language. Report language tells agencies of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that elected officials are concerned about specific issues. This dir…

One of our readers recently brought to our attention a topic that arises occasionally from other TMD patients and we might add, their significant others—intimacy.

“Hi TMJA, I’m a big fan of your website and newsletters and have found both helpful and reassuring. I wonder if you could include something in a future newsletter about the romantic/sexual side effects of TMD which I feel aren’t talked about much but are pretty relevant.

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This article deals with the question of whether the stabilization splint, which is commonly used for treating TMDs and bruxism, may pose a risk of worsening obstructive sleep apnea in patients with that condition. While a few earlier studies have touch…

Patients should be cautious when considering TMD treatments that claim to provide relief by correcting occlusal and postural abnormalities. Not only can these treatments be extensive and expensive, but, more importantly, scientific literature does not…

As many TMD patients know, it often hurts to bite down hard on foods, so they resort to a soft diet and less strenuous bite forces when their TMD pain kicks in. Now, a team of investigators led by Dr. Wolfgang Liedtke at Duke University Medical Center…

Dr. William Maixner and colleagues at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), School of Dentistry, currently involved in the multi-center Orofacial Pain Prospective Evaluation and Risk Assessment (OPPERA) study of TMD, have taken a secon…