Background: Besides clinical and radiological examination instrumental functional analyses are performed as diagnostic procedures for craniomandibulardysfunctions.
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Conclusion: Studies comparing the instrumental functional analysis to the clinical functional analysis for the diagnosis of craniomandibulardysfunctions are missing.
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It is uncertain, whether conducting an instrumental functional analysis with a clinical functional analysis for the diagnostics of craniomandibulardysfunctions is recommendable.
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Discussion: The inconsistent terminology concerning craniomandibulardysfunctions and instrumental functional analyses results in a broad literature search in databases and an extensive search by hand.