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Prevalence and severity of Temporomandibular disorders signs and symptoms Among Students of The Ahram Canadian University (ACU)

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of temporomandibular disorder (TMD) among students of (Ahram Canadian University).
Methods: Information about the symptoms of TMD and the possible risk factors were collected using specifically designed questionnaires and the collected data sets were treated statistically using the SPSS and chi-square test.
Results: The most reported TMD symptom in this study was masticatory muscles tension, followed by clicking while the least common one was TMJ locking. Nearly two-third of the students (58.9%) had no symptoms of TMD and (41.4%) of the students had TMD symptoms, among them 43.4% had only one symptom and 56.6% had multiple TMD symptoms.
Conclusions: TMD is of a high Prevalence among students of the Ahram Canadian University especially medical colleges students due to high studying stresses that play a big role in the development and\or progression of TMD.

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10.21608/edj.2018.76760

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(TMD). (MPDS)

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Sayed

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Rashed

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A.

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Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Ahram Canadian University.

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Ahmed

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Elsharkawy

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T.

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Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University.

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64

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Issue 3 - July (Oral Surgery)

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11452

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2018-07-01

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2020-03-10

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2018-07-01

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2,097

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2,104

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0070-9484

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2090-2360

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Egyptian Dental Journal

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22 Jan 2023