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Stomatognathic dysfunction in the western desert of Egypt: an epidemiological survey
Author(s) -
ABDELHAKIM A. M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of oral rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2842
pISSN - 0305-182X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1983.tb01468.x
Subject(s) - stomatognathic system , masticatory force , epidemiology , medicine , ethnic group , population , demography , physical therapy , dentistry , orthodontics , environmental health , sociology , anthropology
Summary Results of a study of 215 male subjects from Siwa oasis are presented. The Siwian community is representative of the Bedouin communities in the Egyptian western desert. The population belongs to a characteristic ethnic group, living in a primitive way. The most prevalent symptoms were headache (29%), pain in the ear (24%) and clicking joint sounds (19%); 84% of the subjects suffered from tenderness of one or more of the masticatory muscles; 8% of the subjects had painful movements of the mandible. The results extend knowledge of the distribution of jaw dysfunction complaints into hitherto uninvestigated communities.