Temporomandibular Disorders: “Occlusion” Matters!

Table 3

Web of Science search in the Medline database in the period 1950–2017 for all “TMD” terms () refined with the keywords “Evidence Based Dentistry (EBD)” () and “Occlusion” () chronologically by the first author, title/characteristics of the study, number of citations, type of the study, and reference number [55–75], which is presented in a chronological order of the year of publication.

First author	Year	Title/characteristics of the study	Citation	Study type	Reference number
Weinberg	1976	TMJ function and occlusion concepts	23	Article	[74]
Becker	1995	Occlusion etiology of TMD	5	Article	[56]
Ey-Chmielewska	1998	Ultrasonic techniques for painful TMD, with ultrasonic exam aid	1	Comp. + CT + CCT	[64]
Ash	2001	Paradigms of TMD and occlusion	18	Review	[55]
Gremillion	2002	Orofacial pain, a pain-oriented study	6	Review	[66]
Rinchuse et al.	2005	EBD versus experience-based views on TMD + occlusion	26	Article	[72]
Dawson	2005	“EBD-based versus experience-based views on occlusion and TMD”	2	Letter + comment	[60]
Rinchuse and Kandasamy	2006	Centric relation: orthodontics	35	Review	[71]
Luther	2007	TMD and occlusion: orthodontics	11	Review + evaluation	[68]
Carlsson	2009	Review of prosthodontic dogmas	72	Review + meta-analysis	[58]
Carlsson	2010	TMD and occlusion dogmas	27	Review	[59]
Fricton	2010	Critical appraisal of TMD-RCTs	14	Meta-analysis	[65]
Blackwood	2010	“After 50 years in practice, the evidence is convincing”	0	Letter + comment	[57]
Roehm	2010	“Gnathology lessons from a 1969 Oldsmobile engine”	0	Letter + comment	[73]
Hudson	2010	“Myths of orthodontic gnathology”	0	Letter + comment	[67]
Pensak	2011	“One has to wonder”: orthodontic and neuromuscular balance	0	Letter + comment	[70]
Donovan	2014	Annual review of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry	1	Review	[62]
Wiens and Priebe	2014	Occlusion article: occlusal concepts in prosthetic dentistry	5	Review	[75]
Moreno-Hay	2015	Occlusal dimensions: a review	4	Review	[69]
Donovan et al.	2016	Annual review of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry	1	Review	[63]
de Kanter	2016	TMD prevalence and etiology: a historical article in Dutch	0	Review	[61]