Management of TMD myalgia

Abstract

Among the classification of temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), TMD myalgia is characterized as a painful condition in the masticatory muscles, associated with disfunction of the jaw. The Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD), the internationally standardized diagnostic criteria for TMD, was announced by the International Network for Orofacial Pain and Related Disorders Methodology (INfORM) f.n.a. International Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (RDC/TMD) Consortium Network in 2014. DC/TMD allows even non-experts in orofacial pain to give an accurate diagnosis of TMDs. For the management of TMDs, conservative options such as oral appliance therapy, physiotherapy, and medication, should be taken priority over the irreversible options. In this article, basic knowledge, diagnostic process, and management of TMD myalgia are to be explained.