Etiology and management of disorders of temporomandibular joint: A literarure review

Abstract

Temporomandibular disorders usually represented as a group of painful as well as altered conditions involving the muscles of mastication and the muscles around the temporomandibular joint. Usually the patient are un aware of the condition. Temporomandibular joint disorders affects twenty five percent of the population. Temporomandibular disorders represent with musculoskeletal degenerative conditions of the joint which results in functional as well as morphological deformities of the temporomandibular joint. As temporomandibular disorders cases are complex with unique nature with respect to each case, so the diagnosis and treatment modality is quite different for each type of case.