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My sister says she has temporomandibular joint syndrome. are family members more likely to get the same thing?
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Maybe: Contributing factors include stress, hormones, habits, and structural abnormalities. It would depend upon the contributing factors that other family members have in-common with your sister.
Answered 3/21/2015
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Sometimes: There seems to be a modest genetic predisposition.
Answered 3/26/2015
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