|
|
|---|
Clinical
finding
| Degree
of reliability
|
|---|
| Vertical
mandibular opening (mm) | high
|
| Lateral
excursion (mm) | adequate
|
| Opening
pattern (left, right, left corrected, right corrected, straight) | low
/ unacceptable
|
| Joint
sounds (click, hard grating, soft crepitus, none) | adequate
|
| Pain
on palpation: extraoral muscles | adequate
|
| Pain
on palpation: intraoral muscles | adequate
|
| Pain
on palpation: temporomandibular joint | low
/ unacceptable
|
| Pain
on mandibular movement | adequate
|
| RDC
Axis I diagnosis (various combinations of the above) | adequate
|
|
|