Effective Methods of Diagnosis and Treatment of Pain in the Syndrome of Functional Disorders of the Temporomandibular Joint

Abstract

Among dental diseases, dysfunctional changes of the temporomandibular joint occupy a special place due to their prevalence, complexity of diagnosis and treatment. According to scientific sources, epidemiological studies conducted over the past twenty years have shown that the pathology of the temporomandibular joint is up to 20% among children and adolescents, up to 80% among the adult population. At the same time, the observed prevalence of joint dysfunction syndromes in patients with pathology, which ranged from 78.3% to 95.3%, indicates the prevalence of pathology. This is due to the fact that the initial stages of pathology are asymptomatic, the lack of sufficient information about organic changes in the temporomandibular joint, both during clinical and X-ray examination, as well as the lack of a unified etiopathogenetic point of view among specialists. This highlights the need to improve the treatment and prevention of this problem.