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Prevalence of temporomandibular disorders in pregnancy
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Afyon Kocatepe University, Department
of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
Turkey
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Afyon Kocatepe University, Department
of Plastic, Reconstructive and
Aesthetic Surgery, Turkey
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Afyon Kocatepe University, Department
of Obstetric and Gynecology,
Turkey
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Afyon Kocatepe University, Department
of Psychiatry, Turkey
Online publication date: 2009-10-15
Publication date: 2009-10-15
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Özlem Solak
Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Tıp
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Eur J Gen Med 2009;6(4):223-228
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ABSTRACT
Aim: To determine if the prevalence of systemic joint hypermobility
and temporomandibular disorders (TMD) is higher during pregnancy
or not and also to confirm a correlation between systemic
joint hypermobility and TMD.
Methods: 70 pregnant and 40 age-matched non pregnant women
were enrolled in the study. 30% of the pregnant women were in
the first trimester of gestation, 34.3% of them were in the second,
and 35.7% of them were in the third trimester. All of the subjects
completed a self-administered questionnaire, and underwent
a standardized clinical examination using the Research Diagnostic
Criteria for TMD (RDC/TMD). Hypermobility was determined according
to the criteria of Beighton et al.
Results: 7.1% of the pregnant women and 7.5% of the non-pregnant
women received an RDC/TMD Axis I diagnosis (p> 0.05). 31.4%
of the pregnant women and 40% of the non-pregnant women had
systemic joint hypermobility (p> 0.05). Among all subjects who
received a RDC/TMD Axis I diagnosis, 35.3% had systemic joint
hypermobility and among all subjects who did not meet criteria
to receive a RDC/TMD Axis I diagnosis, 25% had systemic joint
hypermobility (p> 0.05).
Conclusion: The prevalence of TMD and systemic joint hypermobility
were not high among pregnant women compared to age
matched non-pregnant women. And we were not able to confirm a
correlation between systemic joint hypermobility and TMD.