Table 1.

Clinical and demographical characteristics of the patients and the impact of the gnathological treatment.

	Age	Gender	Kind of TMD	VAS at T1	VAS at T2	Painful areas at T1	Painful areas at T2	Duration of symptoms	Evolution of symptoms
PT1 (CS)	41	Female	Intra-articular	8	4	Neck, under eyes, shoulders, TMJ, mandible	Neck, shoulders	About 2 years	The symptoms worsened during this period
PT 2 (SS)	22	Female	Intra-articular	8	1	TMJ, around eyes, trapezoids	TMJ	About 1 year	The symptoms worsened during this period
PT 3 (RF)	26	Male	Extra-articular	5	1	Mandible, neck, lumbar area, head	Neck	About 2–3 years	Symptomatology remained constant during this period
PT 4 (AN)	41	Female	Intra-articular	7–8	4	Sinusitis-like symptoms, TMJ, neck, shoulders, pelvis	TMJ	About 15 years	The symptoms worsened during this period
PT 5 (CT)	55	Female	Extra-articular	6	0	Masseter, mandible, maxilla		About 5 years	The symptoms worsened during this period