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Table 1 Frequency of primary and secondary diagnostic classifications of symptomatic patients

From: Profiling the clinical presentation of diagnostic characteristics of a sample of symptomatic TMD patients

TM disorders and abbreviations

Primary

Secondary

Total

diagnosis

diagnosis

(n = 357)

(n = 288)

Localized masticatory muscle pain

LMP

88

37

125

Disc displacement without reduction

DDWOR

15

89

104

Capsulitis/synovitis

Cap/Syn

75

17

92

Cervical myofascial pain

CMP

53

27

80

Secondary osteoarthrosis

SOA

3

48

51

Disc displacement with reduction

DDWR

36

9

45

Masticatory myofascial pain

MMP

37

6

43

Bruxism

Brux

5

37

42

Tendinitis

Tend

19

6

25

Primary osteoarthrosis

POA

9

2

11

Myospasm

Myosp

6

2

8

Localized cervical pain

LCP

5

3

8

Protective co-contraction

PCC

3

5

8

Subluxation

Sublux

3

0

3