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ANALYSIS OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS (TMDS) ALONE AND TMDS ASSOCIATED WITH BRUXISM

Dr Ayesha Naveed, Dr Hurera Pervez, Dr Zarish Anjum

Introduction: Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) is a term guided by a cascade of circumstances afflicting the orofacial region and its neighboring masticatory muscles, temporomandibular joint (TMJ), and associated structures. Aims and objectives: The main objective of the study is to analyze the temporomandibular joint disorders (TMDS) alone and TMDS associated with bruxism. Material and methods: This descriptive study was conducted in Demontmorency College of Dentistry, Lahore during November 2018 to March 2019. This study was done with the permission of ethical committee of hospital. Patients were categorized into two groups, the first group consisted of TMD associated with bruxism patients (experimental), and the second group was TMD only patients (control). The data was collected through a questionnaire. Results: The data was collected from 50 patients. 16 participants were in TMD group and 34 participants were in TMD associated with bruxism group. The age ranged from 18 to 72 years with a mean age of 31 years. The sample power was 86 % at the level of significance 0.05. In this study, highly significant differences were observed between pain in the TMD group and the TMD associated with bruxism group. Pain in the TMD patients was higher than the TMD associated with bruxism patients. Conclusion: It is concluded that the pain was more during mouth opening, chewing, yawning and talking in TMD patients than TMD associated with bruxism.

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