ArticleJournal of oral rehabilitation2025
Brief Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders: Sensitivity and Specificity of Clinical Diagnoses (A Multi-Center Study).
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- Comparative efficacy of arthrocentesis combined with different drug injections for arthrogenic temporomandibular disorders: a network meta-analysis of randomized trials.BMC oral health · 2026Pooled it
- Temporomandibular Disorders Diagnosis: Current Challenges and the Promising Role of Artificial Intelligence.European journal of dentistry · 2026Article
- Brief Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (Tmd): Enhancing Sensitivity in Diagnosing Headache Attributed to Tmd (A Multi-Centre Study).Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Immuno-Mechanical Signaling Network Integration in Temporomandibular Joint Pathology: A TMID Conceptual Framework.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Multicenter evaluation of a digital screening tool for early identification of temporomandibular disorder risk in Colombian and Mexican adults.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe brief Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (bDC/TMD) was recently published to simplify the full Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) protocol.
objectiveTo measure the inter-examiner reliability, sensitivity and specificity of bDC/TMD Axis I diagnoses against DC/TMD Axis I diagnoses in primary and tertiary clinic TMD patient populations.
methodsA multi-center (Finland, Israel) retrospective study on 334 patients' records was conducted. A full DC/TMD clinical examination data was reduced to bDC/TMD items. Five Level 3 calibrated examiners independently determined a bDC/TMD diagnosis. Inter-examiner reliability, sensitivity and specificity were calculated for individual diagnoses, using DC/TMD diagnosis as the reference standard.
resultsInter-examiner reliability showed excellent to good reliability in all diagnoses except headache attributed to TMD, in which it was fair. Apart from headache attributed to TMD, the sensitivity of individual pain diagnoses was high. The sensitivity was lower in joint diagnoses. The specificity was high in all diagnoses.
conclusionThe bDC/TMD is a reliable instrument for general practitioner use.
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