Prevalence and Severity of TMJDS among Undergraduates
Mohammad Umar Shah, Usman Yousaf, Muhammad Ilyas, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Abbas, Muhammad Faheemuddin, Amina Tariq
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ABSTRACT
Objective: The purpose of study
was to explore the prevalence of TMD and level of severity among undergraduate
students.
Method: This analytical
crossectional study was conducted in Lahore. Data was collected from 406
undergraduate students using Fonseca's anamnestic index. After data collection,
it was entered and analyzed in SPSS version 25. Frequencies and percentages
were calculated as descriptive analysis and Chi-Square test was used to explore
the difference between the prevalence of TMD according to severity in terms of
gender and age.
Results: 234 (57.6%) of the
students didn’t have TMD while 172 (42.4%) reported TMD on the basis of
questionnaire. Of the total 172 students who had TMD, 159 (92%) Mild TMD, 10
(6%) had Moderate TMD and only 3 (2%) had sever TMD.
Conclusion: In undergraduate
students almost half of the population had TMD whereas mild form of TMD was
observed in majority of the undergraduate students.
Keywords: Temporomandibular
disorders, Fonseca's anamnestic index, undergraduate students, Severity of TMD