There are many treatments available, although there is a general lack of evidence for any treatment in TMD, and no widely accepted treatment protocol exists.
Indeed, some have suggested that in the future the term TMD may be discarded as the different causes are fully identified and separated into different conditions.
Temporomandibular joint dysfunction syndrome (TMD) is a term used to describe a number of disorders affecting the temporomandibular joints, masticatory muscles and other structures associated with this region.
