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TMJ Disc Regeneration Study

Inductive, Scaffold-Based, Regenerative Medicine Approach to Reconstruction of the Temporomandibular Joint Disk  The TMJ disc is composed of soft cartilaginous material that acts as a shock absorber between the temporal bone of the skull and the l…

More on the Role of Estrogens in TMD

That TMD predominantly strikes women in their childbearing years has long intrigued scientists. But studies of the effects of female hormones—exactly how they affect TMD symptoms—remain controversial.
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New NIH Funding Opportunites for TMJ Disorders

Administrative Supplements for Collaborative Science: Opportunities for Existing NIDCR Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Admin Supp)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-159.html
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Survey Profiles TMD Patients

TMJA Survey Results

The individuals affected by Temporomandibluar Joint Disorders (TMD) were on average 41 years of age and predominantly female (90%).
Nearly 60% of both men and women reported recent pain of moderate-to-severe intensity with a quarte…

Action Alert: Contact Your Senators to Support NIH Funding!

This is the time of year when the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives develop the 2013 budgets for all federal agencies. One of those agencies is the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  The NIH is the nation’s medical research agency, suppo…

No Effect of Glucosamine Sulfate on Osteoarthritis in the Temporomandibular Joints—A Randomized, Controlled, Short-term Study

The use of glucosamine has been widely promoted to the lay public as a treatment for degenerative arthritis. However, most of the clinical studies that have been done have failed to show any significant effect. Now, a recently published study that comp…

Smoking and Allergy Associated with TMD in Females

New research by University of North Carolina Chapel Hill investigators shows that young women with temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD) are four times more likely to be current or former smokers than women of any age who have no clinical signs of TM…

Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders have Increased Fatigability of the Cervical Extensor Muscles

Do you have neck and shoulder pain in addition to pain in your temporomandibular joint? A recent study in the Clinical Journal of Pain (Vol. 28, 2012, pgs 55-64) offers a possible explanation for this condition.
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Chronic Pain Research Alliance Praises Scheduling of Historic Senate Hearing

HELP Committee to Examine Ways to Tackle Epidemic of Chronic Pain, Builds on Landmark 2011 Institute of Medicine Study
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An Implementation and Biobehavioral Study of TMJMD

A clinical study on TMJ disorders is being conducted in the Dallas, Texas area. The purpose of the study is to evaluate whether early non-surgical treatment techniques such as biofeedback, stress management and self management coping skills training, r…