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European Journal of General Medicine
Medical Investigations Society
ISSN: 1304-3897
Vol. 6, No. 4, 2009, pp. 223-228
Bioline Code: gm09047
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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European Journal of General Medicine, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2009, pp. 223-228

 en Prevalence of temporomandibular disorders in pregnancy
Solak, Özlem; Turhan-Haktanir, Nurten; Köken, Gülengül; Toktas, Hasan; Güler, Özkan; Kavuncu, Vural & Demir, Yavuz

Abstract

Aim : To determine if the prevalence of systemic joint hypermobil-ity and temporomandibular disorders (TMD) is higher during preg-nancy 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 sub-jects completed a self-administered questionnaire, and underwent a standardized clinical examination using the Research Diagnostic Criteria for TMD (RDC/TMD). Hypermobility was determined ac-cording to the criteria of Beighton et al.

Results : 7.1% of the pregnant women and 7.5% of the non-preg-nant 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 hypermo-bility 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.

Keywords
Temporomandibular disorders; prevalence; pregnancy; pain; hypermobility

 
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