Table 3.

Percentage distribution of Patients Global Impression of Change (PGIC) of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) clicking sounds and TMJ locking associated with the following treatment modalities in a blinded randomised control trial: bite splint, home exercise and supervised exercise

	PGIC	Bite splint (n = 30)		Home exercise (n = 30)		Supervised exercise (n = 30)		P‐valuea
		(n)	(%)	(n)	(%)	(n)	(%)
TMJ clicking sounds	Impaired	1	3	3		1	3	.6
	Unchanged	16	53	14	47	12	40
	Improved	13	44	13	43	17	57
Locking of the jaw	Impaired	1	4	0	0	1	3	.6
	Unchanged	18	60	23	77	18	60
	Improved	11	37	7	23	11	37

	Improved symptom severity	(n)	(%)	(n)	(%)	(n)	(%)
TMJ clicking sounds	≥30% improved	21	70	9	30	19	63	.004
	≥50% improved	15	50	8	27	15	50	.1

^aKruskal‐Wallis test.