| ANOVA | One-way analysis of variance |
| ASDAS | Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score |
| AUC | Area under the receiver operating characteristics curve |
| BASDAI | Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| CRP | C-reactive protein |
| DAPSA | Disease Activity Index for Psoriatic Arthritis |
| DCs | Dendritic cells |
| DC/TMD | Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders |
| DD | Disc displacement |
| ESR | Erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| GAD-7 | General Anxiety Disorder 7 |
| GCPSV 2.0 | Graded Chronic Pain Scale version 2.0 |
| ID | Internal derangement |
| IL | Interleukin |
| ILC3 | Innate lymphoid cells 3 |
| IL12/23 p40 | Free common protein 40 subunit of interleukin -12 and IL-23 |
| JFLS-20 | Jaw Function Limitation Scale 20 |
| MMP-3 | Matrix metalloproteinase-3 |
| m.o. | Microorganism |
| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| n | Number of patients |
| OBC | Oral Behaviors Checklist |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| PHQ-9 | Patient Health Questionnaire 9 |
| PHQ-15 | Patient Health Questionnaire 15 |
| ROC | Receiver operating characteristic curve |
| SJC | Sore joint count |
| SwJC | Swollen joint count |
| SpA | Spondyloarthritis |
| Th | T helper |
| TMD | Temporomandibular disorder |
| TMJ | Temporomandibular joint |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor-alpha |
| VAS | Visual analogue scale |