Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for Temporomandibular Dysfunction (TMD): A Whole Systems Multi-site Trial

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2010-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study seeks to evaluate the benefits of different combinations of a Self Care program, involving individually targeted education and support, plus Traditional Chinese Medicine, in terms of patients' experience and outcomes in short-term follow-up (8 weeks) and long-term follow-up (18-months). The study seeks to evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of different patterns of stepped care, which means different levels of care depending on patients' responses at various time-points in the study, which might be used by clinicians treating in the future.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Arizona
• Collaborator: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• TMD as diagnosed according to the Research Diagnostic Criteria-TMD by a trained dentist;

• worst facial pain greater than 5 out of 10.

Exclusion Criteria:

• prior surgery for TMD;

• life-threatening illnesses;

• conditions that would prevent participation in trial including consumption of Chinese herbs.