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Temperomandibular Joint Pain Screening Tool
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Temperomandibular Joint Pain Screening Tool
, TMD Pain Screener Tool
See Also
Temporomandibular Joint Disease
Orofacial Pain
Criteria
Long Form
In the last 30 days, on average, how long did any pain jaw or temple area on either side last?
Score 0: No pain
Score 1: From very brief to more than a week, but it does stop
Score 2: Continuous
In the last 30 days, have you had pain or stiffness in your jaw on awakening?
Score 0: No
Score 1: Yes
In the last 30 days, which of the following activities change any jaw or temple pain on either side (make pain better or worse)?
Note: This question is modified from the original survey (which lists these as individual yes-no questions)
Score 1: Chewing hard or tough food
Score 1: Opening your mouth or moving your jaw forward or to the side
Score 1: Jaw habits such as holding teeth together, clenching, grinding or chewing gum
Score 1: Other jaw activities such as talking, kissing or
Yawning
Interpretation
Score 3 or higher suggests
Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction
Efficacy
Test Sensitivity
: 83 to 97%
Test Specificity
: 82 to 95%
May not differentiate TMJ from
Headache
syndromes (e.g.
Migraine Headache
, tension-type
Headache
or
Trigeminal Neuralgia
)
References
Gonzalez (2011) J Am Dent Assoc 142(10):1183-91 +PMID: 21965492 [PubMed]
van der Meer (2021) J Oral Facial Pain Headache 35(2):150-6 +PMID: 34129660 [PubMed]
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