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YourdentistmayrecommendasplinttotreatyourTMJ.Asplintisaremovabledentalappliancethatcoversseveraloralloftheupperorlowerteeth.

According the 2020 National Academy of Medicine report[1], “Data regarding the effectiveness of intraoral appliance therapy in the treatment of TMJ is generally of poor quality and yields mixed results…Because of the hundreds of variations in intraoral appliance design, it is unlikely that any study could ever be conducted that will be considered sufficient to a particular dentist with a pre-existing belief about the effectiveness of one appliance. Simply stated, some dentists regard the evidence associated with procedural-based treatments as suspect unless the treatment was done ‘in my hands’.”

“The harms associated with intraoral appliances are less well understood. The [NAM] committee was not aware of any specific literature that describes complications associated with intraoral appliances. Anecdotally, these harms include alteration in the occlusion or position of the teeth, aspiration of ve...