Temporomandibular Disorder Amongst Undergraduate Students of Dentistry in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Abstract

Objective:
 To determine the frequency and severity of temporomandibular joint disorders (TMDs) among male and female undergraduate students of dental colleges in KPK. 
 Methodology:
 Totally 619 of differenct age groups students of four dental colleges in KPK were assessed for the present study started from march 2018 to Sept 2018 by using of cross sectional study design. The study was based on Fonseca’s anamnestic index FAI and its questionnaire, which is composed of 10 questions and classifies the severity of TMDs. The obtained data were coded and entered into Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22. chi-square test was used for gender association with TMD.
 Results:
 About 72.3% of the undergraduate students had mild to severe TMD. 438 females and 181 were males. 168 (27.1%) had no TMD, 172 (27.8%) had mild TMD,255 (41.2% ) had moderate and 24 3.9% had severe TMDs in four age groups. The result showed that the TMD degree has a association with gender ( p=0.02) and no association in age groups (p=0.97) Moreover, a high TMD rate was observed among the students (72.3%). Chi-square analysis of the frequencies of responses to every question revealed a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05).
 Conclusion:
 This study revealed that there is association between TMD and gender. Most signs and symptoms associated with temporomandibular disorders appear to be more prevalent in women than in men, although age patterns for these signs and symptoms does not provide any association.