Abstract
The aims of this study was to clarify the role of masticatory and occlusal malfunction in causing the Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) Dysfunction Syndrome in adolesents.
We examined the relationships between masticatory and occlusal malfunction and signs of the TMJ dysfunction by using the number of interocclusal points, occlusal interference, the dental arch models and the electromyographs. In particular, the electromyographs was examined by comparison between with at the first examination and after the adjustment of occlusal relations.
The subjects were thirty-nine out patients with the TMJ Dysfunction Syndrome.
