Temporomandibular Disorders and Fibromyalgia: A Narrative Review

Roberta  Scarola; Nicola  Montemurro; Elisabetta  Ferrara; Massimo  Corsalini; Ilaria  Converti; Biagio Rapone

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2021.5918

Authors

Roberta Scarola Department of Orthodontic Dentistry, University of Rome “Cattolica del Sacro Cuore,” 00168 Rome, Italy
Nicola Montemurro Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3686-8907
Elisabetta Ferrara Complex Operative Unit of Odontostomatology, Chieti, Italy
Massimo Corsalini Department of Medicine, “Aldo Moro” University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy
Ilaria Converti Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, “Aldo Moro” University of Bari, Bari, Italy
Biagio Rapone Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, “Aldo Moro” University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0062-6594

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.5918

Keywords:

temporomandibular disorder, fibromyalgia, orofacial pain, headache, pain.

Abstract

Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) and fibromyalgia (FM) have some clinical characteristics in common, for instance the chronic evolution, the pathophysiology incompletely understood and a multifactorial genesis. The incidence and the relationship between TMD and FM patients are the aims of this review. A MEDLINE and Pubmed search was performed for the key words “temporomandibular disorder” AND “fibromyalgia” from 2000 to present. A total of 19 papers were included in our review, accounting for 5449 patients. Ten studies, reporting a total of 4945 patients with TMD, showed that only 16.5% of these patients had diagnosis of FM, whereas 12 studies, reporting a total of 504 patients with FM, demonstrated that 77.0% of these patients had diagnosis of TMD. A comorbid relationship exists between TMD and FM. The complexity of both diseases shows the importance of a multimodal and interdisciplinary.

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