Assessment of Temporomandibular Ailments and their Severity in Dentistry Undergraduate Students
Sadia Nisar Ahmed, Nazish Falak, Arif Ullah Khan, Waqar Hussain, Abdur Rehman, Amir Zeb
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ABSTRACT
Objective: To assess the prevalence of temporomandibular ailments and their severity
in dental undergraduate students.
Study Design: Cross sectional study
Place and Duration of
Study: Department of Orthodontics, Bacha Khan Medical
& Dental College, Mardan from1st October 2020 to 31st March
2021.
Methodology: Five hundred and fifty dentistry students were enrolled. After ethical
approval each student and written permission for participating in this study
was taken. A Fonseca questionnaire was used for assessing the temporomandibular
ailments. Responses in form of yes, no and sometimes were scored as 10, 0 and 5
points. A score between 0-15 was considered as nil for temporomandibular
disorders while 20-40 as mild, 45-65 as moderate and 70-100 as severe.
Results: Three hundred and forty-seven students were nil for temporomandibular,
112 were mild, 58 were moderate while 33 were severe.
Conclusion: A 37% had temporomandibular disorders in dentistry students with
severity common in 6 percent.
Keywords: Temporomandibular ailment, Prevalence, Severity