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Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: Recurring and Unexplained Episodes Destroy Teeth


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Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome usually lasts between two and six years.



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Temporomandibular Joint Disorder

 

Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) describes a variety of conditions that affect jaw muscles, temporomandibular joints and nerves associated with chronic facial pain. Symptoms may occur on one or both sides of the face, head or jaw, or develop after an injury. TMD affects more than twice as many women than men.

  

Updated: November 2008