Table 2.

Ranking of TMD treatments according to best evidence.

Treatment	Level of evidence	SMD (95% CI)
Occlusal appliance	Moderate	−0.94 (−1.38; −0.51)
Manual	Low	−1.10 (−1.69; −0.51)
Counceling	Low	−0.95 (−1.52; −0.38)
Ozon	Very low	−1.11 (−1.95; −0.27)
Local anesthetics	Very low	−0.77 (−1.41; −1.12)
Botulinum toxin	Very low	−0.72 (−1.25; −1.19)
Dry needling	Very low	−0.70 (−0.27; −0.14)
Hypnosis	Very low	−0.67 (−1.59; 0.24)
Laser	Very low	−0.58; (−1.30; 1.13)
Muscle relaxants	Very low	±.48 (−1.09; 0.13)

SMD, Standard mean difference; CI, Confidence interval. Adapted after Al-Moraissi et al. (62).