Temporomandibular pain and dysfunction syndrome associated with generalized musculoskeletal pain: a retrospective study.

Sequential patients seen in a Temporomandibular Joint Clinic were reviewed for evidence of generalized musculoskeletal pain. A greater proportion of patients with myofascial pain dysfunction syndrome than those with other causes of temporomandibular joint pain and complaints of pain outside the jaw in the head and neck region, pain on neck muscle palpation and bilateral symptoms. Demographic and other abnormalities in these patients suggest similarities to fibromyalgia syndrome.