Koray Oral, Burcu Bal Kucuk, Bugce Ebeoglu, Sibel Dincer

Department Of Prosthodontics, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey

Keywords: temporomandibular disorder, etiology, pain

Abstract

Pain in the masticatory muscles and temporomandibular joint is the main symptom of temporomandibular disorders. The etiology of temporomandibular disorder pain is multifactorial. Several studies have reported that there are predisposing, initiating and aggravating factors contributing this disorder. Although factors such as trauma, occlusal discrepancies, stress, parafunctions, hypermobility, age, gender and heredity has been implicated in the maintenance of temporomandibular disorder pain, there are still controversies for the actualy etiology. This review will summarize the past and current concepts that is related to the etiology of arthrogenic and myogenic originated temporomandibular pain.