ATM. TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DYSFUNCTION AND OROFACIAL PAIN

The joint can suffer from different problems, from disc displacement, degenerative, inflammatory lesions, causing myofascial pain, joint pain, limited opening and closing of the jaw.
It is a bilateral alteration < 80%

Causes:

Traumatic or exogenous

Microtrauma

• Primary bony anomalies
• Defective dental occlusion
• Bruxism
• Hypermotility
• Stress