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The relationships among depression, pain, and masticatory functioning in temporomandibular disorder patients.

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: AIMS: To evaluate the effect of comorbid depression and pain on an early biopsychosocial intervention for acute temporomandibular disorder (TMD) patients. METHODS: Depressed (either current or lifetime; n=32) or nondepressed (n=31) acute TMD patients received a biopsychosocial intervention, and were evaluated at preintervention and again 12 months postintervention by Characteristic Pain Intensity, the Beck Depression Inventory, and a masticatory function test. RESULTS: Findings revealed that both depressed and nondepressed patients reported comparable pain decreases at 12 months postintervention. Moreover, there were no significant differences between patient groups in masticatory function. CONCLUSION: With appropriate early biopsychosocial intervention, acute TMD patients, regardless of the presence or absence of vulnerability to depression symptomatology, can be effectively treated.

Source: PubMed

Authors: Robert J Gatchel, Anna W Stowell, Peter Buschang

Institutions: The University of Texas at Arlington, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine

Language: English

Topic: Temporomandibular Joint Disorders

Subfield: Oral Surgery

Field: Dentistry

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

Award: REGULATION OF LEUKOTOXIN IN A ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS