de Bont L G, Dijkgraaf L C, Stegenga B
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 1997 Jan;83(1):72-6. doi: 10.1016/s1079-2104(97)90094-9.
The reported prevalence of temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) differs from study to study, probably because of methodologic errors and lack of standardized definitions of TMDs and their characteristics. Classification of TMDs should be in accordance with classification of synovial joint disorders as generally used by rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons, in which articular disorders are distinguished from nonarticular disorders. Articular temporomandibular disorders appear to be self-limiting in a very high percentage of cases. Because of this nonprogressive nature, the outcome of nonsurgical management will be highly successful.
颞下颌关节紊乱病（TMDs）的报告患病率因研究而异，这可能是由于方法学错误以及缺乏TMDs及其特征的标准化定义。TMDs的分类应与风湿病学家和骨科医生普遍使用的滑膜关节疾病分类一致，其中关节疾病与非关节疾病相区分。在很高比例的病例中，关节性颞下颌关节紊乱病似乎是自限性的。由于这种非进行性的性质，非手术治疗的结果将非常成功。
