Outcomes of temporomandibular joint disorder therapy: observations over 13 years.

Objective: To evaluate the outcome of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder therapy with different kinds of splints.

Methods: One-hundred-and-twenty-nine patients with TMJ disorders and meeting the primary selection criterion of reporting pain in the TMJ region were clinically evaluated. Magnetic resonance imaging of the TMJ was performed at baseline 1993-94.