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Temporomandibular disorders among schizophrenic patients. A case-control study.

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: UNLABELLED: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of temporomandibular disorders (tmd) in schizophrenic patients compared with control patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 50 schizophrenic patients attended in the Psychiatric Unit at the Virgen Macarena Universitary Hospital of Seville were compared with 50 control patients (without systemic diseases, and drugs) attended in the School of Dentistry of Seville. TMD were assessed according to the WHO criteria. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: 32% of schizophrenic patients showed symptoms of TMD, clicking (24%) and self-correcting blocking (8%); compared with 8% (sounds) of control patients. Significantly, these differences support that TMD are most prevalent in patients with mental disorders. Prevalence of TMD are not related with age of patients.TMD are more frequent among male patients in both groups. There are not relationship between TMD and prosthodontic status. Clinical findings of this study showed a significantly tendency between TMD with a highest number of missing teeth in control patients. CONCLUSIONS: Schizophrenic patients constitute a high risk population for TMD because showed a more prevalence and severity of TMD .

Source: PubMed

Authors: Eugenio Velasco-Ortega, Loreto Monsalve-Guil, Carmen Velasco-Ponferrada, Ramon Medel-Soteras, Juan Jose Segura-Egea

Institution: Universidad de Sevilla

Language: English

Topic: Temporomandibular Joint Disorders

Subfield: Oral Surgery

Field: Dentistry

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1821762081

FWCI: 1.223

Cites: 20

Cited by: 21

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