Distribution of Diagnoses in a Population of Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders

Overview

Journal Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol

Publisher Elsevier

Specialties Dentistry
General Surgery

Date 2012 Aug 28

PMID 22921443

Citations 30

Authors

Daniele Manfredini

Niki Arveda

Luca Guarda-Nardini

Marzia Segu

Vittorio Collesano

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Abstract

Objectives: The objective of this study was to describe the frequency of TMD diagnoses in a patient population for comparison with the available literature.

Methods: Five hundred twenty consecutive patients seeking TMD treatment underwent a Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (RDC/TMD) assessment. The prevalence and age distribution of the different RDC/TMD axis I and II diagnoses were described.

Results: Muscle disorders, disk displacements, and other joint disorders were diagnosed respectively in 56.4%, 42.0%, and 57.5% of patients. Sixty percent of patients had depression symptoms, 76.6% had somatization, and 21.8% presented high levels of pain-related impairment. Disk displacements were more frequently diagnosed in the younger-aged, other joint disorders in the older-aged, and muscle disorders in the middle-aged subjects (ANOVA for mean age comparison, F = 3.355; P = .002).

Conclusions: These distribution frequencies of TMD diagnoses provide insight into the epidemiology of this disease.

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