The Anecdotal Tradition and the Need for Evidence-Based Care for Temporomandibular Disorders

Norman D Mohl

doi:10.11607/jofph.13227

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The Anecdotal Tradition and the Need for Evidence-Based Care for Temporomandibular Disorders

Norman D Mohl^1,*,

¹Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, Scnool of Dental Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, USA

DOI: 10.11607/jofph.13227 Vol.13,Issue 4,December 1999 pp.227-231

Published: 30 December 1999

*Corresponding Author(s): Norman D Mohl E-mail:

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Abstract

Every effort should he made to treat according to scientific principles by avoiding anecdotal reports of therapeutic efficacy in favor of reliance on clinical research data obtained from randomized controlled trials of therapeutic approaches.1p34

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temporomandibular disorders; evidence-based; anecdotal

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Norman D Mohl. The Anecdotal Tradition and the Need for Evidence-Based Care for Temporomandibular Disorders. Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache. 1999; 13(4): 227-231. doi: 10.11607/jofph.13227