What does TMJ stand for?

Temporomandibular Joint

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Samples in periodicals archive:

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

Approximately 10 million individuals in the United States are affected by temporomandibular joint (TMJ) abnormalities (National Institutes of Health data, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research).

MRI of temporomandibular joint disorders

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 ...

Also discussed are approaches to the temporomandibular joint and nasal skeleton.

Surgical Approaches to the Facial Skeleton, 2d ed

Studies show that 35% of the population, including adolescents, suffers from varying degrees of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder.

TMJ Dx and Tx system