Functional disturbances in masticatory system are very complicate and often unclear to doctor. Rather than greatcr precision in measuring clinical parameters, the should be focussed on:
- imroved understanding of the patients who have the problems
- using multivariate models with high predictive yield for diagnosis
- better understanding of the basic science of disorders sucli as splinting and contracture
- broader overall models of chronic pain classification systems, to include factors such as personality, suffering, medical-neurological and physical-behavioral.

Key words: hisfory, clinical investigation, craniomandibular disorders

Saša Stanković, D.D.S., MSD, Ph. D.
Clinic of Stomatology
52 Braće Tasković str.
18000 Niš, Serbia
 

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