Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in painful temporomandibular disorders: a critical review of the indirect evidence and of what a first trial would require

Critical review manuscript (author's original version, not peer reviewed) with its search strategies (Online Resource 1). It grades each link of the reasoning that supports cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) in painful temporomandibular disorders (TMD) by level of evidence, proposes an insomnia screening pathway for dental settings, and sets out requirements for a first randomized trial of multicomponent CBT-I in painful TMD. Deposited on 8 November 2026 to time-stamp the work before circulation to external reviewers and journal submission. Files are restricted.