Comments to the Paper “Occlusal Interferences: How Can This Concept Influence the Clinical Practice?”

Abstract

In the aforementioned paper1 the authors performed a brief review about “the role of occlusal interferences on the development and progression of temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD) and postural disorders”. This review shows a clear bias with several articles favoring the cited relationships (Dental Occlusion, Temporomandibular Disorders and Postural Dysfunction), whereas relevant papers that question these same relationships2–17 were ignored. Because of this bias the statements that “occlusal interferences can play an important role in the development of TMDs” and “the relevance of the occlusal adjustment on the treatment of TMDs should be reevaluated”, seem not based in actual scientific literature, but rather only reflect the authors' personal point of view.