Premorbid and concurrent predictors of TMD onset and persistence

• Published in: European journal of pain Vol. 24; no. 1; p. 145
• Main Authors: Ohrbach, Richard, Slade, Gary D, Bair, Eric, Rathnayaka, Nuvan, Diatchenko, Luda, Greenspan, Joel D, Maixner, William, Fillingim, Roger B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.01.2020
• Subjects: Facial Pain; Humans; Pain Measurement; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; Temporomandibular Joint Disorders - epidemiology

Multiple risk factors predict temporomandibular disorders (TMD) onset, but temporal changes in risk factors and their contribution to risk of TMD have not been evaluated. The study aims were to (a) describe changes occurring in premorbid TMD risk factors when re-measured at TMD onset and 6 months la...