Differential Diagnosis of Temporomandibular Disorders : From the battle of the clinic

A dentist has been involved in the health care of the mouth for many years. But future dentistry won't be just confined in the tooth and the periodontium and it will be responsible for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of the disease which occurs in the mouth, jaw and face. Although Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) is one of those diseases, there are many possibilities in the disease which cause a pain in the orofacial structures. The pain in daily dental practice is usually caused by teeth, oral mucosa, temporomandibular joints and/or masticatory muscles; however, another organ can become a source of occurrence of the pain too. Therefore, it is essential to verify which organ a pain appears from first, in other words a differential diagnosis becomes very important. It is explained how you should differentiate TMD from the pain which occurs in other orofacial structures.