1 Arab American University-Palestine Faculty of Dentistry Department of Orthodontics & Pedodontics.
2 Arab American University-Palestine Faculty of Dentistry Department of Prosthodontics & conservative dentistry.
3 Jordan University of Science and Technology-Jordan Department of Preventive dentistry.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2020, 06(01), 146-152
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2020.6.1.0074
Received on 22 March 2020; revised on 30 March 2020; accepted on 31 March 2020
Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) is a collective term that involves alterations in the temporomandibular joint, muscles of mastication and the occlusion. The TMD disorder is a common health problem which affects about 33% of the population within their lifetime. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of TMDs among university students in Palestine. The role of various risk factors in the etiology of TMD symptoms was also addressed. This is a cross sectional study based on a self-administered questionnaire. The study sample consisted of 416 dental and medical field students from all cities of Palestine studying at Arab American University of Palestine (with an age range of 18 – 27 years). In this study, 63.5% (n = 264) of the investigated students had at least one TMD symptom; clenching was the most prevalent TMD (35.6%) followed by joint noise (33.4%) while locked jaw was the least prevalent (10.6%) symptom. In the conclusion high prevalence of TMD among Palestinian medical students was reported, females reported more pain on TMJ area than males, age group (23 to 25) years reported more frequency of clenching than the other age groups, and strong correlation was found between stress, headache and TMD.
Temporomandibular Disorder; Clenching; Stress; Headache
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Jaradat Mohammed Reyad, Jarbawi Maher Mohammed, Al-Khateeb Susan N and Rahhal Ahmad Abdallah. Prevalence of temporomandibular disorders among Palestinian medical students. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2020, 6(1), 146-152. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2020.6.1.0074