Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are as a result of problems with the jaw and surrounding facial muscles through which chewing and moving the jaw is controlled. Exact cause for TMD is not known. Dislocation of the soft cushion, Presence of rheumatoid arthritis in the TMJ is some other causes of the disease. High-impact journals are those considered to be highly influential in their respective fields. The impact factor of journal provides quantitative assessment tool for grading, evaluating, sorting and comparing journals of similar kind. It reflects the average number of citations to recent articles published in science and social science journals in a particular year or period, and is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. It is first devised by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information. The impact factor of a journal is evaluated by dividing the number of current year citations to the source items published in that journal during the previous two years.
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