Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
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Community Dent Oral Epidemiol · Feb 2006
Inter-examiner reliability in the clinical examination of temporomandibular disorders: influence of age.
The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of the age of the subject on inter-examiner reliability of the clinical signs of temporomandibular disorder (TMD). ⋯ The age-dependent lower range of motion and the inferior reliability of metric measurements in the elderly could lead to wrong diagnoses. The reliability of detecting joint sounds and tender muscles was not age dependent within the limitations of the study.