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Potent Opiates Without Awful Side Effects?

A generation ago, scientists discovered that the nervous system produces its own morphine-like, pain-relieving substances—the endorphins—which latch onto receptors on the surface of selected nerve cells to initiate their analgesic action. T…

Free Resources for TMJ Patients

A Resource Guide for Temporomandibular Disorders
This publication by The TMJ Association is available as a PDF on our website, www.tmj.org. You may also request hard copies by mail. We encourage you to share this brochure with your friends, health car…

Magnesium & TMJ Disorders

What is Magnesium?
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OPPERA II: UNC to Lead $16 Million Research Study on Pain Disorders

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) has been awarded a $16 million grant by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research over five years for the continuation of clinical pain research begun as the OPPERA study (Orofacial…

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Botulinum Toxin Treatment of Myofascial Pain: A Critical Review of the Literature

In this review, the author used PubMed to search the literature for studies involvling the use of botulinum toxin for treating myofascial (muscle) pain. Included in the review were open-label studies, single-blinded and double-blinded studies, randomiz…

Is It Wise to Remove Your Wisdom Teeth?

A recent systematic review conducted by the Cochrane Collaboration finds insufficient evidence to support or refute the removal of asymptomatic impacted wisdom teeth. An impacted wisdom tooth is called trouble-free, (disease free or asymptomatic) if th…

Letter to the NIH Director

Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) have written to the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Francis Collins, to commend the upcoming NIH Workshop on Chronic Overlapping Conditions (includ…

Bioengineering the Temporomandibular Bone

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Action Needed For Temporomandibular Disorders

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