Baseline Clinical and Radiographic Features Are Associated with Long-term (8 years) Signs

  • Posted in TMJD
  •  By Loran Simon

Baseline clinical and radiographic features are associated with long-term (8 years) signs: symptoms for subjects with diseased temporomandibular joint.

Temporomandibular disorders can lead to jaw pain and other unpleasant symptoms. A recent study determined the extent to which baseline clinical and radiographic features were associated with long-term outcomes in patients with temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJD). The results of this study suggested that patients who appeared symptomatic at a younger age or who initially had a fixed disc were the most likely to have recurrent or persisting clinical signs/symptoms of TMJD after 8 years.

Read more here:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17463100

Somnowell Inventor - Visiting Professor Simon Ash FDS MSc MOrth BDS

Prof. Ash is the inventor of the highly successful SOMNOWELL Chrome device for snoring and sleep apnoea.

The Somnowell Chrome is made to exacting standards in the Somnowell laboratory under the supervision of Visiting Professor Simon Ash. Prof. Ash and his master technicians create each Somnowell Chrome device using their wealth of experience and expertise.

Prof. Ash works at the forefront of his profession. He is a Consultant and Specialist Orthodontist with over 30 years clinical experience, with a special interest in sleep related breathing disorders, TMJD, and bruxism. He currently works in Harley Street London and two private hospitals in London as part of a multi-disciplinary team managing snoring and sleep apnoea, and is Visiting Professor of Orthodontics at the BPP University.

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