Headache in patients with occlusion disorders

Abstract

The most common form of headache is tension headache. Painful indurations are found in the masticatory muscles of such patients, in the thickness of which there are areas of hypersensitivity – muscle-fascial trigger points. When examining adult patients with occlusion pathology at an orthodontist’s consultation appointment, complaints of headaches were revealed. These headaches are very common and make up the most numerous outpatient visits of patients with headache complaints.
 The purpose. To study the manifestations of headache in patients with occlusion disorders.
 Material and methods. The study covered 171 adult patients with occlusion anomalies and deformities of the dentition aged 18 to 63 years. All the patients were asked to answer the questionnaire. The data obtained were processed by standard parametric methods using the Student’s paired criterion. The Microsoft Excel application software package was used to calculate the correlation coefficient.
 Results. The study showed regular dependence of headache localization on the type of occlusion pathology. Headache in the region of the longitudinal suture very little depends on the type of occlusion pathology. The connection between pain in the frontal region and the pathology of occlusion is also weak. Pain in the temporal, occipital and parietal regions of the head shows a fairly high correlation with the corresponding pathologies of occlusion.
 Conclusions. It was found that the manifestation of headache in patients with occlusion pathology has a linear statistically significant correlation in the temporal and parietal lobes of the head. Pain in the occipital lobe has a rather high correlation with the types of occlusion pathology. Manifestations of headache in patients with occlusion pathology are poorly expressed in the frontal lobe of the head and very poorly expressed in the area of the longitudinal suture.