Aims To compare the difference in the quality of life between temporomandibular disorders (TMD) patients and non-TMD subjects diagnosed with the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (RDC/TMD) or the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD). Methods Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), Excerpta Medica database (EMBASE) and Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS) databases were searched in studies published in English and Portuguese. The search was performed by two independent reviewers in duplicate. A manual search and the gray literature were also included. The inclusion criteria were clinical studies that used the RDC/TMD axis I and quality of life with standard questionnaires in young and middle-aged adult population (18–55 years). The data were analyzed quantitatively by combining the results in a meta-analysis using forest plots. The measure of effect used was the standardized mean difference (SMD) in depression levels. The Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used to evaluate the quality of the studies. The publication bias was assessed by funnel plots. The initial search included 806 articles without duplications. Results Twenty-four articles were included in the final systematic review. Of these, 9 were included in the meta-analysis, where it was shown a statistically significant in all axis I groups: (a) global TMD—groups I, II and III combined, N = 3829, SMD (95% CI) = 1.06 (0.65–1.51), p = 0.000; (b) group I—muscle disorders, N = 3,056, SMD (95% CI) = 0.82 (0.45–1.18), p = 0.000; (c) group II—disc displacements, N = 3,184, SMD (95% CI) = 0.59 (0.26–0.91), p = 0.000; and (d) group III—arthralgia/arthritis/arthrosis, N = 2781, SMD (95% CI) = 0.98 (0.59–1.36), p = 0.000. When compared to controls. Conclusions Quality of life is affected in all axis I TMD patients, especially in groups I and III with higher pain intensity and disability as compared to group II.

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Purpose: To assess the impact of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) on general health quality of life in a Brazilian population-based cross-sectional survey. Materials and Methods: A total of 1,643 patients were assessed using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Bref (WHOQOL-Bref) and the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders Axes I and II (RDC/TMD). Cross-tabulation of the data was carried out to compare TMD subjects to controls in all domains of the WHOQOL-Bref and the RDC/ TMD. Results: TMD subjects had significantly worse quality of life than controls in Axes I and II of the RDC/TMD and in all WHOQOL-Bref domains except for disc displacement. Osteoarthrosis was significantly different only in the WHOQOL-Bref physical domain. Conclusion: TMD subjects had worse general health quality of life, particularly in Axis I groups with higher pain/disability levels (muscle disorders/arthralgia/ arthritis).

Mesmo com o avanço na Odontologia, na área de reabilitação com próteses e implantes, ainda há um elevado índice de pacientes parcialmente ou totalmente edêntulos. O edentulismo parcial acomete muitas pessoas no território brasileiro trazendo consequências para a saúde do paciente, sendo o tratamento protético uma opção para esses casos. Este estudo consiste em relatar a influência na qualidade de vida do indivíduo ao realizar a reabilitação oral com prótese parcial removível, após cirurgia pré-protética, devolvendo saúde, estética e função.

Objetivo: apresentar as possibilidades da utilização da prototipagem (biomodelos) em cirurgia e traumatologia bucomaxilofacial por meio do relato de casos clínicos. Relato de casos: o presente estudo abrange três situações clínicas, sendo o primeiro caso o de um paciente com osteorradionecrose associado à fratura patológica devido à evolução do quadro de osteólise, sendo realizada a ressecção do segmento e a adaptação da placa de reconstrução no biomodelo. O segundo caso relata a presença de um ameloblastoma multicístico, abrangendo a sínfise, a para-sínfise e o corpo da mandíbula, sendo utilizada a prototipagem para adaptação da placa cirúrgica de reconstrução. No último relato, a paciente foi diagnosticada com Tumor Epitelial Calcificante, desde a linha média da maxila até a fossa ptérigomaxila do lado esquerdo. Por intermédio do uso de biomodelos, foi possível confeccionar uma prótese total implantossuportada que realizasse o vedamento do defeito ósseo. Considerações finais: é notável que o uso de biomodelos é auxiliar no planejamento e na execução cirúrgica, expandindo alternativas de tratamento que possibilitem a reabilitação do paciente com técnicas cirúrgicas mais eficazes, com menor morbidade e maior rapidez cirúrgica.