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The National Institutes of Health Pain Consortium has selected 11 health professional schools as designated Centers of Excellence in Pain Education (CoEPEs). The CoEPEs will act as hubs for the development, evaluation, and distribution of pain manageme…

The National Institutes of Health Pain Consortium has selected 11 health professional schools as designated Centers of Excellence in Pain Education (CoEPEs). The CoEPEs will act as hubs for the development, evaluation, and distribution of pain manageme…

Dental occlusion, body posture and temporomandibular disorders: where we are now and where we are heading for
Manfredini D, Castroflorio T, Perinetti G, Guarda-Nardini L. Oral Rehabilitation, 2012.
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What is internal derangement?
Internal derangement involves displacement of the disc that acts as a cushion between the skull and lower jaw. Sometimes it can be accompanied by a clicking and or popping sound. Although if a disc is very displaced, it ma…

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The TMJ Association advocates for research that will help TMD patients.  That means not only finding new drugs or other treatments to relieve jaw pain and dysfunction; it also means basic research to understand the development of the joint and how…

The National Institutes of Health has created a new website,NIH Clinical Research Trials and You, to help people learn more about clinical trials, why they matter, and how to participate. Clinical trials are essential for identifying and understanding …

The National Institutes of Health has created a new website, NIH Clinical Research Trials and You, to help people learn more about clinical trials, why they matter, and how to participate. Clinical trials are essential for identifying and understanding…

With a much warmer start to spring, ticks will be out early this year. It’s especially important to take note of this if you live in or will be visiting a part of the country prone to ticks. Lyme disease is caused by at least three species of bac…

Inductive, Scaffold-Based, Regenerative Medicine Approach to Reconstruction of the Temporomandibular Joint Disk  The TMJ disc is composed of soft cartilaginous material that acts as a shock absorber between the temporal bone of the skull and the l…

That TMD predominantly strikes women in their childbearing years has long intrigued scientists. But studies of the effects of female hormones—exactly how they affect TMD symptoms—remain controversial.
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