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Incidence of temporomandibular joint disorders in patients seen at a hospital emergency room
Author(s) -
LUZ J.G.C.,
OLIVEIRA N.G.
Publication year - 1994
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.1365-2842.1994.tb01149.x
Subject(s) - medicine , temporomandibular joint , incidence (geometry) , myofascial pain , population , tmj disorders , dentistry , retrospective cohort study , surgery , physical therapy , physics , environmental health , optics
Summary A retrospective survey of a hospital emergency room population seen at an oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic during a 6‐month period found 62 patients (2.7% of the total population) with temporomandibular joint disorders. The diagnoses were myofascial pain‐dysfunction/temporomandibular joint dysfunction (MPD/TMJ) syndrome (70.9% of the cases) and dislocation (luxation) (22.5% of the cases). The chief complaint was well defined in relation to the diagnoses: facial pain in the MPD/TMJ syndrome cases, and displacement of the mandible in the dislocation cases.