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The Relationship Between Stress and Myofascial Pain Syndrome in Dental Students | ||
| Tikrit Journal for Dental Sciences | ||
| Volume 12, Issue 2, December 2024, Pages 497-502 PDF (309.73 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.25130/tjds.12.2.25 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hamzah Waleed Ahmed Alkuhla* 1; Nabil Ibrahim Abbas2; Enas Nihad Mohammed3 | ||
| 1(1) Oral Medicine Department, Al_Farabi College University, Iraq | ||
| 2(2) Community Medicine Department, Al_Hadi College University, Iraq | ||
| 3(3) Periodontology Department, Al_Farabi College University, Iraq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is common amongst patients with musculoskeletal pain problems. MPS is a pain state originating from muscle and neighboring fascia. Patients typically present with localized pain in a constrained area or referred pain of numerous patterns. Dental students experience substantial amounts of stress during their clinical study, since this type of training (genuine treatment of patients), are by far the most stressed-out when compared to other medical students. The present study aimed to investigate the relation between stress and myofascial pain syndrome in dental students. The Study was conducted at the Al-Farabi University College in Baghdad, A 15 males and 15 female students were examined, and their ages ranging from 22 to 25 years, all patients’ muscles were examined according to diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders 2014. Two clinical examinations were performed one after spring vacation and another one four months later near final examination period, result of second clinical examination showed marked increase in number of students with involved muscles especially for the temporalis and submandibular muscles . Increase psychological stress in final stage of dental college due to intensive course of study and clinics cause some student to clench their teeth repeatedly which increase the prevalence of myofascial pain syndrome. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| myofascial pain syndrome stress dental stud | ||
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