Psychological Characteristics of Long-Term Female Temporomandibular Joint Pain Patients
- 1 March 1978
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 57 (3), 481-483
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345780570031501
Abstract
Analysis from the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale (TMAS) scores of 44 long-term temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain patients and 10 facial pain patients of a non-TMJ variety shows no significant differences. Both groups were significantly higher than a normative group. After treatment TMJ patients are not significantly different on the TMAS than the normative group. Etiological implications are discussed.Keywords
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