A Short Commentary on Physiotherapeutic Management of Temporomandibular Disorders in the United Kingdom: A Call to Holism and Compassion

Abstract

The ‘journey’ for such patients to find suitable care can be protracted thereby compounding the patients suffering and likely contributing to the embedment of the condition for the patient [7]. The provision of care for patients with a TMD within the UK can also be disparate leading to inconsistencies in care nationally creating a ‘post-code lottery’ and national inequity for patients seeking a solution or management of their TMD [7].