Prevalencia de trastornos temporomandibulares en pacientes total y parcialmente edéntulos de la clínica UCSG A 2017.

Abstract

A clinical, transverse, analytical and correlational study was performed in adults partially and totally edentulous aged 30 to 80 years. Objective: to determine the prevalence of Temporomandibular Disorders in total and partially edentulous patients in the study group. Methodology: The Data collection was done through a survey of all the patients participating in the research. The signs and symptoms that were evaluated were: pain at the opening and mandibular closure, click, crackling, pain at palpation, TMJ pain, tooth absence, vertical dimension and existing prosthetic rehabilitation. The clinical examination was performed at the odontological clinic of the UCSG where it was evaluated the previous mentioned signs and symptoms. Results: 66.67% of the patients had at least one TMD symptom. The most frequent signs were articular noises, presented in 50% of partially edentulous patients and 10% in fully edentulous patients. A significant value of p = 0.03 was also found in relation to total and partial edentulism with TMJ pain. 32% of the patients were slightly edentulous and 4% of the fully edentulous patients had TMJ pain. Discussion: Authors such as Criado Z., Saldiña M. and Bader K. mention that an average percentage of 47.23% of patients with dental losses present TMJ. In addition, by a study carried out by Fleitas A. it is agreed that the most frequent sign is joint noise with 76.08%