Prevalencia de los trastornos temporomandibulares en adultos y sus factores asociados en la Clínica Odontológica de la Universidad de Cuenca periodo 2015

Abstract

Research aimed To determine the most important factor associated to temporomandibular disorders in patients attending clinics of the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Cuenca 2015”. A descriptive study, conducted at the Clinics of the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Cuenca, the sample consisted of 316 patients, 239 women and 77 men divided into two ranges 20 and 40 and 41 in ahead. Subjective symptoms and clinical signs of TMD were evaluated using a questionnaire Diagnostic Criteria Temporomandibular Disorders Mandibular. (DC / TMD) and the self-report questionnaire (DASS 21) to detect stress. Tabulation and data analysis were performed in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences SPPS.vs.21 with a descriptive study that identified the people, for the correlation factors associated with TMD cross table odds ratio, prevalence ratio and confidence intervals of 95%. A percentage of 65.8% of patients with TMD prevalence, prevalence of emotional stress 43.7% was obtained; percentage of 59.2% in the age group 20 to 40 years and 76.5% percent female. The applying risk estimates observed that factors age and sex have no significant relationship with TMD and emotional stress factor if it is a risk factor for TMD