Temporomandibular Disorders: “Occlusion” Matters!

Table 1

Web of Science search in the Medline database showing the number of papers of functional disturbances of the stomatognathic system: “TMD” over the period 1950–2017, which is focused on the biopsychosocial model (BPSM) and “occlusion” specified for different types of trials: clinical trial (CT), controlled clinical trial (CCT), randomized controlled trial (RCT), all trials, and evidence-based dentistry (EBD).

Term/topic of the search	All papers	BPSM	Occlusion
		Papers	Papers	CT	CCT	RCT	All trials	EBD
Craniomandibular disorders	826	2	174	13	3	11	15	2
Craniomandibular dysfunction	448	1	113	8	2	6	8	1
Temporomandibular disorders	14316	31	1533	47	11	37	63	20
Temporomandibular dysfunction	6686	11	1256	40	9	26	45	5
CMD	1848	1	50	3	1	2	3	0
TMD	4802	22	399	13	3	18	25	5
All 6 search terms: “TMD”	21686	35	2419	69	16	52	86	21

Studies that detailed the subject of this review.