%0 Journal Article
%T Temporomandibular Disorders and Oral Features in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: An Observational Study
%A Eleonora Quercia
%A Maria Grazia Anelli
%A Maria Grazia Piancino
%A Mariasevera Di Comite
%A Vito Crincoli
%J International Journal of Medical Sciences
%D 2019
%R 10.7150/ijms.28361
%X Aims: Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) represent a heterogeneous group of inflammatory or degenerative diseases of the stomatognatic system, with algic and/or dysfunctional clinical features involving temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and related masticatory muscles. Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune polyarthritis characterized by the chronic inflammation of synovial joints and oral implications such as hyposalivation, difficulty in swallowing and phoning, feeling of burning mouth, increased thirst, loss of taste or unpleasant taste and smell, dental sensitivity.
%K Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
%K temporomandibular disorders
%K RDC/TMD
%K oral implications.
%U http://www.medsci.org/v16p0253.htm