Meanings of craniomandibular dysfunction in English

Background: Besides clinical and radiological examination instrumental functional analyses are performed as diagnostic procedures for craniomandibular dysfunctions.

Conclusion: Studies comparing the instrumental functional analysis to the clinical functional analysis for the diagnosis of craniomandibular dysfunctions are missing.

It is uncertain, whether conducting an instrumental functional analysis with a clinical functional analysis for the diagnostics of craniomandibular dysfunctions is recommendable.

Discussion: The inconsistent terminology concerning craniomandibular dysfunctions and instrumental functional analyses results in a broad literature search in databases and an extensive search by hand.