Oral appliances in the management of temporomandibular disorders

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-223

  Klasser, Gary D ^a   Greene, Charles S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUXISM; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MUSCLE TRAINING; ORTHODONTICS; PLACEBO EFFECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TENSION HEADACHE; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; MYOFUNCTIONAL THERAPY; OCCLUSAL SPLINTS; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; PLACEBO EFFECT; SLEEP BRUXISM; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 58149302479     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2008.10.007     Document Type: Review

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