Aim: The aim of the current study was to to determine the prevalence of TMD among undergraduate students at Egyptian universities.
Subjects and methods: 1013 undergraduate students were recruited from Egyptian universities. Invitations by email were sent out to the undergraduate students registered at these universities. Data relevant to the study were collected via a questionnaire that was sent using Google Forms in the period from December 2020 to November 2023. Participants with an age range of 17 to 25 years old were considered eligible. The Google forms were revised, and any repeated responses or those from people other than undergraduate students were excluded. The incidence and severity of TMD were evaluated using the Fonseca's anamnestic index.
Results: Results show that more than half of the participants were female (58.4%); it also found that the prevalence of TMD was 70.6%. The most common degree was mild TMD in 50.1% of cases, moderate TMD in 14% of cases, and severe TMD in 6.4% of cases.
Conclusion: Within the limitations of this study, it was concluded that TMD is a prevalent condition among Egyptian undergraduate students, where females are 2.12 times more prone to TMD than males.