The interrelation of medical history and temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD)‎ in Iraqi patients

Abstract EN

Background: Patients with a temporomandibular joint disorder generally are not subjected to an extensive examination of the entire body, but certain observations which are related mainly to diseases of the musculoskeletal system and nervous system should be taken into consideration.

This study is to clear the relation of systemic medical status with temporomandibular disorders progression and vise versa.

Materials and Method: this study was applied on 58 patients, 30 females and 28 males.

The mean age was 35 years (range 19-63) years.

All patients were complaining from temporomandibular disorder.

Results: were recorded that most of temporomandibular disorder patients were clinically normal (48.4 %), whereas patients subjected to stress form (34.3 %) and only (17.3 %) had different medical problems.

The total male to female ratio nearly equal 1 : 1 with predominant age for both sexes was (20-29) years.

Conclusion : temporomandibular joint was more prone to be affected by local factors, especially the stress relieving habit, than the systemic factors, but this will not preclude more comprehensive and sophisticated diagnostic process, to identify more hidden systemic causes of stress.