RISK FACTORS FOR TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS SYMPTOMS IN PRIVATE CLINICS PATIENTS AT PESHAWAR
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v10i04.194Keywords:
Temporomandibular Disorders, Neuromuscular, Socioeconomics and PsychologicalAbstract
Objective:
To determine the dental, socioeconomic & psychological and neuromusculoskeletal risk factors for the TMDs symptoms in the patients reporting at private clinics.
Materials and Methods:
This cross sectional descriptive research endeavor was undertaken from July to December 2019 of the total 161 sampled subjects at four selected private Dental Clinics of district Peshawar. The sample size was determined through Yamane technique and according to a pre-set inclusion criteria. A pretested prescribed Proforma was designed to investigate different parameters of the study. This includes Socioeconomic, Neuromuscular and Dental factors. Intra-oral examinations were carried out at dental chair with good examination. The data was analyzed by using SPSS version 23.
Results:
Out of the total 161 Participants, 107 were Female and 54 were Male with a range of 18- 30 years age. The severity level of TMD risk factors was higher in female and younger participants (20 to 23 years). However, assessing the risk factors,74% had socioeconomic & psychological, 34.3% dental and 32.2% reported with neuromuscular factors. The socioeconomic & psychological risk factors was reported significantly high among the all risk factors for TMD as evident by p value = 0.000.
Conclusion:
The highest role for development of TMD was found to be played by the socioeconomic & psychological risk factors.
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