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Prevalence of Temporomandibular Joints Disorders in Egyptian Undergraduate Dental Students and The Association Between The Clinical and Radiographic Findings

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Oral Medicine and Periodontology

Abstract

Purpose: to assess the prevalence of temporomandibular disorders among dental undergraduate Egyptian students and the association between the clinical features and radiographic findings. Material and Methods: 281 female dental undergraduate students were randomly selected to participate in the primary screening. In the study screening examination and final diagnosis were done according to a new modified Diagnostic Criteria for TMD (DC/TMD) Axis I which encompass (medical history, primary pain screening questionnaire, signs and symptoms questionnaire and examination protocol). The examination consisted of 11 criteria (pain location, headache location, incisal relationship ,opening pattern ,opening movement ,lateral and protrusive movements ,noises during opening movement ,noises during lateral and protrusive movements, TMJ locking, muscle palpation and TMJ, supplemental muscle pain and palpation, occlusion assessment was added to the criteria Results: the prevalence of TMD was 28.5% among female dental students, the most common reported symptom in a percentage of 89% was pain ,noises were reported in 59.3%f the subjects .The most common subtype of the TMD was muscular pain (mylagia and myofascial pain ) with percentge of 29.2%, 15.4% then arthylagia with 27.7% disc displacement was reported in 13,8 and degenerative reported in 1.5% Conclusions: TMDS is highly prevalent conditions in young population. There is an adequate association between the stress in the university years and the TMDS.

DOI

10.21608/adjg.2022.53600.1323

Keywords

Keywords:((DC/TMD), prevalence, dental students, TMDs

Authors

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Esraa

Last Name

Gomaa

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A.

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Teaching Assistant, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Egyptian Russian University, Cairo, Egypt.

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esraagomaa767@gmail.com

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Naglaa

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El-Kilani

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S.

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Professor and Head of Oral Medicine, Periodontology, Diagnosis and Radiology Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

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nelkilani@gmail.com

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Mostafa

Last Name

Abdel-Ghany

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M.

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Professor of Removable Prosthodontics and Dean of Faculty, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

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mostafama1@hotmail.com

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Cairo

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First Name

Noura

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Abd El-Gawad

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Lecturer, Department of Oral medicine, Periodontology, Diagnosis and Radiology Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine for Girls, Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

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nora.abdelgawad@yahoo.com

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Cairo

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0000-0002-9371-2458

Volume

9

Article Issue

3

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35832

Issue Date

2022-07-01

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2020-12-15

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2022-07-01

Page Start

481

Page End

489

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2537-0308

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2537-0316

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Al-Azhar Dental Journal for Girls

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22 Jan 2023