Abstract

GUERRA COBIAN, Orlando; PUPO TRIGUERO, Raúl J; SARRACENT PEREZ, Humberto  and  RABILERO SALGADO, Kirenia M. Temporomandibular disorders in qat addicted people. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2012, vol.49, n.4, pp. 268-275. ISSN 0034-7507.

Introduction: the temporomandibular disorders has been associated frequently to the habit of chewing qat, but in previous studies, there are lack of specific details of this problem, for this reason this study is carried out ,to determine it prevalence, to identify clinical and radiografical findings associated , and to classify the temporomandibular disorders observed in the sample. Methods: a cross-sectional, descriptive and prospective study was done, in a sample of 352 patients of the total qat addicted patients which came to the Department of surgery, Dentistry College .Ibb Yemen October2010-April 2011. The clinical and radiographical findings were recorded and the temporomandibular disorders were classified. Results: 55.7% of patients were affected of temporomandibular disorders. Acute Joint pain (14.1) and anterior condylar flattening (35.6%) were the most frequents. Conclusions: the Temporomandibular disorders affected more than half of the population of studied qat addicted population, with prevalence of disorders in the disc-condyle relation (41%).The anterior condylar flattening was very evident.

Keywords : temporomandibular disorders; chewing qat habit; prevalence.

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