Symptomatology and frequent temporomandibular disorders in edentulous elderlyaccording to research diagnostic criteria (rdc/tmd).
Pain in the muscles of mastication, limited opening, asymmetric jaw movement, and sounds in the TMJ, among others symptoms are some clinical characteristics of temporomandibular disorders (TMD). It is a complain in subjects of both sexes, different ages and occlusal conditions. Objective: To determi...
- Autores:
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Arcos, Dagoberto
Nilo, Cristián
Frugone Zambra, Raúl
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2016
- Institución:
- Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio UCC
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repository.ucc.edu.co:20.500.12494/9718
- Acceso en línea:
- https://revistas.ucc.edu.co/index.php/od/article/view/1379
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12494/9718
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| Summary: | Pain in the muscles of mastication, limited opening, asymmetric jaw movement, and sounds in the TMJ, among others symptoms are some clinical characteristics of temporomandibular disorders (TMD). It is a complain in subjects of both sexes, different ages and occlusal conditions. Objective: To determine the most frequent pathology and temporomandibular symptomatology in elderly edentulous patients. Materials and Methods: 30 consecutive subjects,25 female and five men older than 65 ys (70.8±5.7), all edentulous and wearing prosthesis were recruited according inclusion criteria. Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (RDC/TMD) questionnaire and examination form were applied to determine axis I temporomandibular disorders and symptomatology, and axis II behavioral conditions. Results:From the total sample (30), 28 subjects (93%) presented at least one or more symptoms of TMD but not necessary were diagnosed with a specific pathology. According axis I, two subjects presented pathology corresponding to group 1 (7%), five to group 2 (23%), and 11 to group 3 (37%). Respect to RDC/TMD axis II, 20% of the sample showed some chronic pain degree, and 73% had some tendency to depression. Conclusion: Elderlyedentulous examined showed a high frequency of temporomandibular symptoms. This situation is not necessarily an indicator of a dysfunctional pathology diagnosed under the context of the RDC / TMD. The high index of depression tendency, not only is due to TMD, and could be a result of edentulism or another situation. |
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