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DOI: DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijde.0974.6099.16123.3

Abstract

Masticatory muscle pain (MMP) is a painful disorder involving the muscle of mastication,
presenting with varied manifestations of jaw pain. These conditions range from the muscle pain
being the primary condition or secondary to other diseases. A thorough clinical examination,
following careful patient history will facilitate in establishing a tentative diagnosis following
prompt treatment therapies. The article mainly empathies with the systematic overview
of various type of masticatory muscle disorders in terms of their clinical implications,
prevention and management and as well enlightens the importance of accurate identification
and differentiation of MMP from primary temporomandibular joint disorders such as those
involving pain from osteoarthritis, disc displacement, or jaw dysfunction.

Keywords : Masticatory muscle disorder; Muscle pain; Myalgia; Tendonitis; Myositis; Myospasm; Contractures; Hypertrophy; Neoplasms; Movement Disorders; Systemic/central pain disorders; Fibromyalgia.

Corresponding Author : Shabnoor Shakeel, Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, The Oxford Dental College & Hospital, Bangalore 560068, Karnataka, India.