A longitudinal analysis of dysfunctional TMJ pathology: an assessment of a sample of patients undergoing nonsurgical therapy [Analisi longitudinale della patologia disfunzionale dell'ATM: valutazione di un campione di pazienti sottoposti a terapia non chirurgica.]

One the different interpretation of the pathological and clinical evolution of TMJ dysfunctions, the most-common of these pathologies is the condyle-disk uncoordination. This study analyzes the evolution of the treatment on the sample of patients affected by TMJ dysfunction and examined at the maxillo-facial department of the University of Rome "La Sapienza". After the TMJ dysfunction has been diagnosed the patients were informed of the individual therapeutic program which consisted of a temporary and definitive occlusal therapy. The aim of this scientific work is to control the efficiency within this therapeutic program in relation to the uncoordination of TMJ. In order to validate this approach the study was compared with another that considered the evolution of TMJ pathology in patients examined at the first diagnostic, visit but who had not undergone any treatment.