Open AccessAssociation Between Harmful Oral Habits and Sign and Symptoms of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Among Adolescents
Author(s) -
Vaibhav Motghare
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/12133.6338
Subject(s) - medicine , toothache , biting , cross sectional study , orofacial pain , dentistry , population , association (psychology) , epidemiology , physical therapy , environmental health , psychology , pathology , ecology , psychotherapist , biology
Temporomandibular disorder (TDM) is defined as a heterogenous group of psychophysiological disorders commonly characterised by orofacial pain, chewing dysfunction or both. Various Epidemiological studies had shown occurrence of TMD in all age groups including children. Also research had shown that non nutritional oral habits to be associated with TMD.