The pattern of splint usage in the management of two common temporomandibular disorders Part II: The stabilisation splint in the treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome

British Dental Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 247-251

  Davies, S J ^a   Gray, R J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TIME; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL OCCLUSION, CENTRIC; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSAL SPLINTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031565044     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4809478     Document Type: Article

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