Abstract

MARTINEZ BRITO, Isabel et al. Unilateral mastication and orthodontic treatment as temporomandibular dysfunction risk facts. Rev. Med. Electrón. [online]. 2009, vol.31, n.6, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1684-1824.

Identifying and evaluating temporomandibular disorders is still an important fact when determining the therapeutic behavior and therefore the recuperation of the affected patient´s health and life quality. The purpose of this work was identifying some risk facts like unilateral mastication and orthodontic treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction in 7-to-44 years-old patients from different schools of the municipality of Matanzas. With that objective, we carried out a descriptive and transversal study. The sample, 1 866 patients grouped by age, was obtained applying a multistage, probabilistic scheme. The patients were diagnosed using the Krogh-Paulsen´s Test. The presence of the unilateral mastication fact was found in 26.8 % of the patients with temporomandibular dysfunction, with a notable increase of the values in the age group from 18 to 23 years (40.3 %). The orthodontic treatment fact was less frequent (24.3 %). The usage of a good clinic method could contribute to early detection of these anomalies avoiding complications.

Keywords : TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS [etiology]; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS [epidemiology]; MASTICATION [physiology]; BITE FORCE; HUMANS ; CHILD; ADULT.

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