Updating The General Practitioner on The Association Between Teeth Loss and Temporomandibular Disorders: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: The belief about a possible association between the absence of one or more teeth and the presence of temporomandibular disorders (TMD), although old, is still present among the dental class. Although evidence points to a lack of association between loss of posterior support and the presence of TMD, we do not have critical studies on the extent, quantity, or location of these losses. In this sense, this systematic review aims to investigate the association between tooth loss and the presence of TMD signs or diagnostic subgroups. Search strategies using a combination of keywords tooth loss and TMDs were performed in six databases (PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Livivo, Lilacs, and Scopus) and gray literature from August to September 2020. Observational studies that investigated the associat

SUBMITTER: Leal MDCF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10424267 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature