Prevalence and severity of Temporomandibular disorders signs and symptoms Among Students of The Ahram Canadian University (ACU) | ||
| Egyptian Dental Journal | ||
| Article 10, Volume 64, Issue 3 - July (Oral Surgery), July 2018, Pages 2097-2104 PDF (691.32 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/edj.2018.76760 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Sayed A. Rashed1; Ahmed T. Elsharkawy2 | ||
| 1Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Ahram Canadian University. | ||
| 2Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of temporomandibular disorder (TMD) among students of (Ahram Canadian University). Methods: Information about the symptoms of TMD and the possible risk factors were collected using specifically designed questionnaires and the collected data sets were treated statistically using the SPSS and chi-square test. Results: The most reported TMD symptom in this study was masticatory muscles tension, followed by clicking while the least common one was TMJ locking. Nearly two-third of the students (58.9%) had no symptoms of TMD and (41.4%) of the students had TMD symptoms, among them 43.4% had only one symptom and 56.6% had multiple TMD symptoms. Conclusions: TMD is of a high Prevalence among students of the Ahram Canadian University especially medical colleges students due to high studying stresses that play a big role in the development and\or progression of TMD. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| (TMD). (MPDS) | ||
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