Prevalence of severity and sex distribution oftempromandibular disorders and other related factorsamong a sample of Sulaimani university students

M. Hameed, Soran; Gaphor, ShanazM.

	Prevalence of severity and sex distribution oftempromandibular disorders and other related factorsamong a sample of Sulaimani university students
Journal of baghdad college of dentistry
Article 1, Volume 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-49
Authors
Soran M. Hameed; ShanazM. Gaphor
Abstract
ABSTRACTBack ground: Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) have been recognized as a common orofacial pain condition.The term (TMDs) refers to a group of disorders characterized by pain in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), theperiauricular area, or the muscles of mastication, TMJ noises (sounds) during mandibular function and deviations, orrestriction in mandibular range of motion.the aim of this study was designed to evaluate the prevalence, severity andsex distribution of signs and symptoms of (TMDs) among the young adults. And to evaluate their relation to oralparafunction habits, recurrent headache, history of past events and occlusion.Patients and Methods: A total of 500 university students (250 females, 250 males), ages ranged between 18-26 years,were interviewed and examined for evaluating the symptoms and signs of TMDs. Anamnestic dysfunction (Ai) ofHelkimo (1974) was used to determine the severity of the subjective symptoms. Clinical dysfunction (Di) of Helkimo(1974) was used to estimate the severity of the signs of TMDs.Results: results showed that prevalence of one or more symptoms of TMDs was 27%, while the prevalence of one ormore signs of the TMDs was 63.8% which was generally mild in severity. Mild anamnestic symptoms (Ai0) were foundin 18.8%, severe symptoms (AiI) were found in 8.4%, while mild clinical signs DiI, moderate clinical signs DiII and severeclinical signs (DiIII) were found in (47.4%, 14%, 2.4%) respectively.Conclusion: Signs and symptoms of the TMDs were relatively high in the university students. An etiology of the TMDsremains unclear but mostly appears to be multifactorail.Keywords: TMDs, prevelance, Helkimo index. J Bagh Coll Dentistry 2010; 22(1):42-48.

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