Talk:Surgery for temporomandibular joint dysfunction

Rename?
It may be better to rename this page more generally, to "Surgical procedures involving the temporomandibular joint" or "surgery for temporomandibular disorders", as surgery is rarely carried out for the vast majority of patients with "TMD".

I believe this problem has arisen because in the literature there are 2 general uses of the term TMD:


 * Sense 1: any condition affecting the temporomandibular joint, which may or may not cause pain and/or dysfunction.
 * Sense 2: Pain and/or dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint. Matthew Ferguson 57 (talk) 23:11, 5 January 2015 (UTC)