Response to: Criticism of the systematic Review (SR) 'centric relation-intercuspal position discrepancy and its relationship with temporomandibular disorders'

摘要

Regarding the letter to the editor sent by Professor Zonnenberg, AJ. to the journal Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, we would like to state the following: In our systematic review (SR), there is no paragraph indicating or suggesting that the terms 'malocclusion' and 'occlusal interference' are equivalent terms. On the contrary, in our manuscript we point to the following: 'In the past, some studies suggested that malocclusion and occlusal interferences were considered as the main factors for predisposition, initiation and perpetuation of Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD)' [1]. The intention of the paragraph was to establish a background where in the recent past the presence of maloc-clusions and occlusal interferences were considered as risk factors for TMD. This is part of the discussion where current evidence shows that occlusion would not be associated directly with the pathophysiology of TMD and would even be considered as a gnathological paradigm [2].