[The clinical periodontal condition in patients with pain dysfunction syndrome].

50 patients suffering from tempero-mandibular dysfunction syndrome (TMS), 25 patients suffering from localized periodontal recessions, and 25 clinical healthy subjects were used for a clinical investigation. The oral hygiene index (Greene/Vermillion), the pocket depth, the size of periodontal recessions, the frequency of McCall-garlands, the frequency of Stillman-clefts, the frequency of wedge-shaped defects, the amount of occlusal wearing, and the clinical and anamnestic dysfunctions-index (Helkimo) were compared between the three different groups. No connection between the frequency and the size of any periodontal symptoms and the signs of TMS-dysfunctions could be found.