Short-term Effects of a First-Line Treatment Including Counseling and Self-Management Strategies on Chronic TMD Muscle Pain and Awake Bruxism in Women.

Aims: To evaluate the short-term effects of a standardized first-line noninvasive approach (FL-A) including counseling and self-management strategies on pain, masticatory muscle tenderness, and awake bruxism in women with chronic temporomandibular disorder myalgia (mTMD) and to test whether patients' trait anxiety predicted their response to treatment.

Methods: FL-A was administered to 14 women with chronic mTMD (mean age ± SD = 33.8 ± 11.

Temporomandibular disorders, neck disability, and oral parafunctions in tinnitus patients: A cross-sectional epidemiological study from Southern Italy.

Objective: To assess the prevalence of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) in a sample of tinnitus patients and to determine the association between tinnitus, TMD, neck disability, and oral parafunctions.

Methods: Seventy-nine tinnitus patients were enrolled and underwent standardized clinical examination for TMD. The tinnitus severity was measured with the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI).

Salivary Cytokines and Airways Disease Severity in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis.

About 50% of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) have sinonasal complications, which include inferior turbinate hypertrophy (NTH) and/or nasal polyposis (NP), and different degrees of lung disease, which represents the main cause of mortality. Monitoring of sinonasal disease requires complex instrumental procedures, while monitoring of lung inflammation requires invasive collection of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between salivary cytokines levels and CF-related airway diseases.

Prevalence of temporomandibular disorder pain, jaw noises and oral behaviours in an adult Italian population sample.

To evaluate the prevalence of temporomandibular disorder pain (TMD-pain), temporomandibular joint (TMJ) noises, oral behaviours in an Italian adult population sample, their possible association with gender, oral behaviours, self-reported facial trauma and orthodontic treatment. Subjects older than 18 years were recruited from general population in public spaces during their daily life. A specific questionnaire was developed to collect data on TMD-pain, TMJ noises, oral behaviours, orthodontic treatment and facial trauma.

Jaw muscle activity patterns in women with chronic TMD myalgia during standardized clenching and chewing tasks.

: To examine jaw muscle activity of women with chronic temporomandibular myalgia (mTMD). It was hypothesized that mTMD patients had a different masticatory muscle activity, increased work during isometric clenching, and a reduced chewing frequency as compared to TMD-free subjects.: The electromyographic (EMG) activity of temporalis anterior (TA) and masseter (MM) of 27 women with mTMD and 18 TMD-free women was recorded during clenching tasks and while chewing.

Genotype-phenotype correlation and functional studies in patients with cystic fibrosis bearing CFTR complex alleles.

Background: The effect of complex alleles in cystic fibrosis (CF) is poorly defined for the lack of functional studies.

Objectives: To describe the genotype-phenotype correlation and the results of either in vitro and ex vivo studies performed on nasal epithelial cells (NEC) in a cohort of patients with CF carrying () complex alleles.

Methods: We studied 70 homozygous, compound heterozygous or heterozygous for mutations: p.

Association between posterior crossbite, skeletal, and muscle asymmetry: a systematic review.

Background: Of the various malocclusions, unilateral posterior crossbite has often been associated to skeletal and muscular asymmetrical growth and function.

Objective: To assess, by systematically reviewing the literature, the association between unilateral posterior crossbite (UPCB) and morphological and/or functional asymmetries (i.e.

Social impairment of individuals suffering from different types of chronic orofacial pain.

Background: The daily life of patients suffering from orofacial pain is considerably impaired as compared to healthy subjects. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of different categories of orofacial pain on the habitual life of adult individuals.

Methods: Seven hundred eighty-one individuals with orofacial pain were recruited from an initial sample of 1,058 patients.

Effect of pH on in vitro biocompatibility of orthodontic miniscrew implants.

Background: Although the clinical use of miniscrews has been investigated on a large scale, little is known about their biocompatibility. Since low pH can affect corrosion resistance, the aim of this study was to evaluate the cytotoxic effect of orthodontic miniscrews in different pH conditions.

Methods: Four orthodontic miniscrews of stainless steel and grade IV and grade V titanium were immersed in a pH 7 and pH 4 saline solution for 1, 7, 14, 21, 28, and 84 days.

Association between posterior crossbite, masticatory muscle pain, and disc displacement: a systematic review.

Background: Among different malocclusions, posterior crossbite is thought to have a strong impact on the correct functioning of the masticatory system.

Objective: To assess, by systematically reviewing the literature, the association between posterior crossbite and different temporomandibular disorder (TMD) diagnosis: disc displacement and masticatory muscle pain.

Materials And Methods: A literature survey covering the period from January 1965 to April 2012 was performed.

The additional value of a home physical therapy regimen versus patient education only for the treatment of myofascial pain of the jaw muscles: short-term results of a randomized clinical trial.

Aims: To compare the short-term efficacy of patient education only versus the combination of patient education and home exercises for the treatment of myofascial pain of the jaw muscles.

Materials And Methods: Seventy myogenous temporomandibular disorder patients were assigned to 2 treatment groups. One group received patient education supplemented by general information about self-care of the jaw musculature.

Mandibular condyle osteochondroma. Review of the literature and report of a misdiagnosed case.

Temporomandibular disorders can usually be diagnosed on the basis of a thorough history and a comprehensive examination of the patient. Additional diagnostic tests, such as imaging of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) area, are mandatory and must be flawless in case of atypical findings. The aim of this report is to illustrate pitfalls in clinical reasoning and in imaging procedures in the diagnosis of temporomandibular pain and dysfunction.

Myofascial pain syndrome misdiagnosed as odontogenic pain: a case report.

The aim of this report is to illustrate the case of a patient whose myofascial pain syndrome was misdiagnosed as odontogenic pain, and who was treated using irreversible dental procedures. Even if dental pain commonly has an odontogenic etiology, it is also possible that pain arising from different orofacial sites such as jaw muscles, maxillary sinus, or nervous structures can be referred to the teeth. When the etiology of a dental pain condition cannot be clearly identified, it is necessary to consider all possible causes of dental pain, which may also be nonodontogenic.