Fatores associados a presença de sinais e sintomas de disfunção temporomandibular em adolescentes

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2004

RESUMO

Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated that signs and symptoms of temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD) are common in adults, evidencing also its presence in children and adolescents. The aim of this study was to verify the prevalence of clinical signs and subjective symptoms of TMD in 217 adolescents aged from 12 to 18 years old from public schools in the city of Piracicaba and the associations with gender, anxiety, depression and bite force magnitude. The clinical signs were evaluated using the Craniomandibular Index (CMI), which is divided into two sub-scales: Dysfunction Index (DI) and Palpation Index (PI). The subjective symptoms were evaluated through a questionnaire. The levels of anxiety (HADSa) and depression (HADSd) were verified using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Bite force was determined in 40 volunteers with lower and upper extremity values of CMI who were distributed in two groups: Group I ? 20 adolescents without TMD (lower extremes values of CMI and absence of subjective symptoms) and Group II ?20 adolescents with TMD (upper extremes values of CMI and at least one subjective symptom) Bite force was obtained with a transducer, which consisted of a pressurized rubber tube connected to a sensor element. The results for clinical signs showed that (1) tenderness in head and neck muscles, demonstrated a great variability (0.9%-32.25%); (2) temporomandibular joint tenderness, in the superior, dorsal and lateral condyle regions, occurred in 10.6%, 10.6% and 7.83% respectively, (3) the percentage of joint sounds in mouth opening and closing was 19.8% and 14.7% respectively. Joint sounds (26.72%) and headache (21.65%) were the most prevalent symptoms in the total sample. Gender differences were not found in the prevalence of TMD signs and symptoms, except for the lateral pterygoid muscle tenderness. The correlations between indexes values (DI, PI, CMI) and HADSa and HADSd were statistically significant only with CMI, PI and HADSa (p<0.01). The number of subjective symptoms showed a significant association with HADSa and HADSd (p<0.01). Bite force was statistically higher in group I (325.90 N) than in group II (301.51 N). Girls in Group II had the smallest bite force values (p<0.05). There was a significant negative correlation between CMI and PI and bite force magnitude. There were not significant correlations between bite force and body variables and age. It was concluded that clinical signs and symptoms of TMD present in adolescents, can be influenced by anxiety and depression, decreasing the stomathognatic system functions as demonstrated by bite force reduction, primarily in girls.

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articulação temporomandibular depressão adolescents depression temporomandibular dysfunction anxiety ansiedade prevalencia bite force prevalence

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