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## Background: Advice about a 'soft diet' may be useful in the short-term alleviation of temporomandibular disorders (tmd) but may contradict the long-term aims of multi-dimensional approaches if a poor nutritional state is caused or exacerbated. the changes patients with tmd make to their diet, because of their condition or its management, have not previously been explored. ## Objectives: To explore the relationship and trends between tmd, tmd interventions and diet using self-report measures. ## Methods: Registrants of the temporomandibular joint association (tmja) were invited to participate. after completing a screening questionnaire to check for eligibility, participants completed a questionnaire exploring demographics, tmd interventions and dietary habits, as well as jaw functional limitation scale (jfls) score, graded chronic pain scale score, self-assessed limitation of opening and patient health questionnaire 4 (phq-4). this was followed by a validated 3-day electronic diet diary. descriptive and inferential statistics were used to explore the data for trends and differences in the dietary intake of those participating according to various strata including demographic vari

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Author

David C. Edwards; Charlotte C. Bowes; Chris Penlington; Justin Durham

Publisher

Wiley

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Dentistry (Health Sciences)