Subjective Sleep Quality in Temporomandibular Disorder Patients and Association with Disease Characteristics and Oral Health–Related Quality of Life

Abstract

TMD patients had poorer sleep than controls. Sleep quality was positively associated with TMD disease characteristics, comorbid pain conditions, and poorer OHRQoL. Assessing sleep quality should be a routine part of the diagnostic work-up of TMD patients. A multidisciplinary management approach is needed to address all the factors-including sleep-that modulate pain experience.