Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials evaluating intraoral orthopedic appliances for temporomandibular disorders

Journal of Oral and Facial Pain and Headache

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-254

  Fricton, James ^a,b   Look, John O ^a   Wright, Edward ^c   Alencar, Francisco G P ^d   Chen, Hong ^e   Lang, Maureen ^f   Ouyang, Wei ^g   Velly, Ana Miriam ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Mail Stop 21108Q   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f Lackland Air Force Base ^*  (United States)

^g RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intraoral orthopedic appliances; Systematic review; Temporomandibular disorders

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE PAIN; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FACIAL PAIN; HUMANS; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049430058     PISSN: 23330384     EISSN: 23330376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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