What does TM stand for?

Temporomandibular

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The factors that lead to problems a person might face while opening and/or shutting his/her jaw are known as the causes of temporomandibular (TMJ) joint disorder.

TMJ Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Problems with the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is commonly reported in birth defects, arthritis and injury.

Scientists create jaw bone using stem cells

He was diagnosed with temporomandibular joint disorder, which affects the area that connects the jaw to the skull and can result in significant pain.

Manager: Burt Reynolds treated for drug abuse

The joints where the jaw meets the skull are the temporomandibular joints (TMJ)and it is the muscles and ligaments around them that allow your mouth to move.

Dont let your teeth grind you down ; WIRED: Ellie has found a ...

Artificial temporomandibular joint (TMJ) implants have been used to replace the jaw joint in some patients in an effort to decrease pain and increase jaw function.

Medical Devices: FDA's Approval of Four Temporomandibular Joint ...

These include depression, anxiety/panic, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety syndrome, fibromyalgia, tension/migraine headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, temporomandibular joint dysfunction, and seasonal affective disorder.

Talking with patients about CFS

FDA objected to the firm's claim that it has created solutions for such unusual conditions as Treacher- Collins and Goldenhar Syndromes, and "unusual cases involving trauma to the mandible and/or temporomandibular joint (TMJ), and disease states such as cancer or tumor have also been addressed.

TMJ Implants, Golden, CO, Dec. 20, 2006 (CDRH)

To the Editor: Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) involvement in patients with enteropathic arthropathy is an unusual feature.

Erosive temporomandibular joint involvement: a rare manifestation of ...