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Participants were re-evaluated within 1 month. Three questionnaires were used to access sleep disorders, QOL, and pain: The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-bref), and the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), respectively. The data obtained were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Science program (SPSS 22.0).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The SA group significantly improved pain (P\u2009=\u2009.015), as well as the OS (P\u2009=\u2009.01) and MT groups (P\u2009=\u2009.014). Only the OS (P\u2009=\u2009.002) and MT (P\u2009=\u2009.029) groups improved sleep. MT group significantly improved QOL in terms of the physical domain of the WHOQOL-bref (P\u2009=\u2009.011) and the OS group in the psychological domain (P\u2009=\u2009.012).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The scalp acupuncture proved to be another alternative for pain relief in patients with TMD, demonstrating positive results in the short term. 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