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COBOS CASTRO, Ivet; GUTIERREZ SEGURA, Mildred; MONTERO SERA, Eduardo  and  ZAMORA GUEVARA, Noemí. Temporomandibular Disorders in Patients with Bruxism, Dentistry Workers of Mayarí. ccm [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.3, pp.734-747. ISSN 1560-4381.

Introduction: stress is an universal condition in the industrial society of our days. The estomatognatic device usually suffers the harmful impacts of modern life. Several studies try to explain the current relationship between the bruxism and the temporomandibular disorders. Objective: to estimate the frequency of temporomandibular disorders in a group of bruxer patients, of dentistry workers of Mayarí, Holguín. Method: a case series study, was carried out from October 2014 to January 2015 in 70 stomatology workers, 49 patients with bruxism between 19 and 59 years old, of both sexes, were diagnosed at 26 de Julio Teaching Polyclinic. Results: of 49 patients, 30 had temporomandibular disorders for 61.2%. There was a slight degree of dysfunction that predominated in 20 patients for 66.7%, followed by a declining moderate and severe order with lower number of cases. The presence of articular noises was the most frequent clinical manifestation showed study with 83.3% of the patients with temporomandibular disorders, followed by the muscular pain in 63.3% and the limitation of the movements in 33.3%. The female sex was the prevailing one 67% in relation with the male ones for 33% and the age group was from 40 to 49 years was the most representative for 60%. Conclusions: the results of the study showed that the frequency of temporomandibular disorders in the studied bruxer patients was high, with more than half of the affected ones.

Keywords : bruxism; dental stress analysis; oral diagnosis; mandibular diseases; workers.

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