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This review also aimed to compare the effectiveness of the differenttreatment methods used and identify the dysfunctions for which physiotherapy interventions are applied as the main treatment. A systematic literature review was conducted using the PubMed, ScienceDirect, Dialnet, and PEDro databases. After applying the inclusion criteria, 15 out of 656 articles were included. The application of different physiotherapy techniques, both alone and in combination, is effective in controlling the primary symptoms of TMD in patients. These symptoms include pain, functionality, and quality of life. The use of physiotherapy as a conservative intervention method for TMDs is supported by sufficient scientific evidence. The combination of different therapies within physiotherapy achieves the best results in treatment. Therapeutic exercise protocols, in combination with manual therapy techniques, are the most commonly utilized method for addressing TMDs and thus provide the best results according to the analysed studies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12124156","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,21]],"date-time":"2023-06-21T02:01:33Z","timestamp":1687312893000},"page":"4156","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":64,"title":["Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunctions: A Systematic Review of Treatment Approaches"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4120-9583","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Blanca","family":"Gonz\u00e1lez-S\u00e1nchez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ADOLOR Research Group, Department of Medical-Surgical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Extremadura University, 06006 Badajoz, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pablo","family":"Garc\u00eda Monterey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical-Surgical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Extremadura University, 06006 Badajoz, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6350-8782","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mar\u00eda del Valle","family":"Ram\u00edrez-Dur\u00e1n","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, Centro Universitario de Plasencia, Universidad de Extremadura, 10600 Plasencia, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4403-3029","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elisa M\u00aa","family":"Garrido-Ardila","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ADOLOR Research Group, Department of Medical-Surgical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Extremadura University, 06006 Badajoz, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1734-1496","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Juan","family":"Rodr\u00edguez-Mansilla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ADOLOR Research Group, Department of Medical-Surgical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Extremadura University, 06006 Badajoz, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6438-0626","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mar\u00eda","family":"Jim\u00e9nez-Palomares","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ADOLOR Research Group, Department of Medical-Surgical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Extremadura University, 06006 Badajoz, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"212","DOI":"10.31128\/AFP-10-17-4375","article-title":"Temporomandibular dysfunction","volume":"47","author":"Lomas","year":"2018","journal-title":"Aust. 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