Temporomandibular Disorders: Priorities for Research and Care calls on a number of stakeholders - across medicine, dentistry, and other fields - to improve the health and well-being of individuals with a TMD. This report addresses the current state of knowledge regarding TMD research, education and training, safety and efficacy of clinical treatments of TMDs, and burden and costs associated with TMDs. The recommendations of Temporomandibular Disorders focus on the actions that many organizations and agencies should take to improve TMD research and care and improve the overall health and well-being of individuals with a TMD.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
Summary
1 Introduction
2 Definitions and Scope: What Are TMDs?
3 Individual and Societal Burden of TMDs
4 State of the Science on TMDs
5 Caring for Individuals with a TMD
6 Improving TMD Health Care: Practice, Education, Access, and
Coverage
7 Improving Patient, Family, and Public Education and Awareness
About TMDs
8 Next Steps and Recommendations
Appendix A: Workshop and Open Session Agendas
Appendix B: Committee Biographical Sketches
Appendix C: Commissioned Paper by Gary Slade and Justin Durham:
Prevalence, Impact, and Costs of Treatment for Temporomandibular
Disorders
Appendix D: Masticatory System: Anatomy and Function
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