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Musculoskeletal Diseases > Muscular Diseases > Myofascial Pain Syndromes > Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome
Nervous System Diseases > Neuromuscular Diseases > Muscular Diseases > Myofascial Pain Syndromes > Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Joint Diseases > Temporomandibular Joint Disorders > Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Muscular Diseases > Craniomandibular Disorders > Temporomandibular Joint Disorders > Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome
... > Nervous System Diseases > Neuromuscular Diseases > Muscular Diseases > Craniomandibular Disorders > Temporomandibular Joint Disorders > Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome
... > Stomatognathic Diseases > Jaw Diseases > Mandibular Diseases > Craniomandibular Disorders > Temporomandibular Joint Disorders > Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome
... > Musculoskeletal Diseases > Jaw Diseases > Mandibular Diseases > Craniomandibular Disorders > Temporomandibular Joint Disorders > Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome

Preferred term

Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A symptom complex consisting of pain, muscle tenderness, clicking in the joint, and limitation or alteration of mandibular movement. The symptoms are subjective and manifested primarily in the masticatory muscles rather than the temporomandibular joint itself. Etiologic factors are uncertain but include occlusal dysharmony and psychophysiologic factors.

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Related concepts

Entry terms

  • Costen's Syndrome
  • Myofascial Pain Dysfunction Syndrome, Temporomandibular Joint
  • Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome
  • TMJ Syndrome

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Syndrome de l'articulation temporomandibulaire

    French

  • ADAM
  • Algies dysfonctionelles de l'appareil manducateur
  • Dysfonctionnement de l'articulation temporo-mandibulaire
  • Dysfonctionnement de l'articulation temporomandibulaire
  • SADAM
  • Syndrome algo-dysfonctionnel de l'articulation temporo-mandibulaire
  • Syndrome algodysfonctionnel de l'appareil manducateur
  • Syndrome algodysfonctionnel de l'articulation temporomandibulaire
  • Syndrome de Costen
  • Syndrome de Costen-Hennebert-Dechaume
  • Syndrome de l'articulation temporo-mandibulaire
  • Syndrome de l'ATM

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-LLFH09ZF-4

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