The Association Between Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorder Findings and Biting Force and Endurance in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders

Abstract

The brief conservative treatments used resulted in improvements in pain and jaw opening, and 81.8% of patients reported moderate to major improvement. The modest association of the bite task with Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders examination findings and treatment improvement in this heterogeneous sample suggests that the bite and endurance tasks have limited diagnostic utility and sensitivity to treatment effects.