A study to find out the role of stress, changes in face and teeth structures and chemical substances in blood on temporomandibular joint problems

Evaluation of the role of psychological stress, facial skeletal parameters, dental parameters and hormonal influence on temporomandibular disorders â?? A comparative study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 2Phase 3

Study type

Observational

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2018/05/014244

Enrollment

Registered

2018-05-30

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- patients with signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Experimental group: 1. Patients in an age group of 18 to 30 years. 2. Self-reporting TMD Individuals with a minimum of 1 of the 3 cardinal symptoms of TMD: jaw pain, limited mouth opening, or TMJ noise. Control group: 1. Patients in an age group of 18 to 30 years. 2. Patients without any signs and symptoms of TMDs.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: EXCLUSION CRITERIA Experimental group: 1. Previous history of orthodontic treatment. 2. Patients with systemic diseases like, Systemic rheumatic, neurologic/neuropathic, endocrine, or immune/autoimmune diseases or wide spread pain. 3. Pathologic processes found on imaging including neoplasm (Exception: Disc displacements and osteoarthritis/osteoarthrosis). 4. Radiation treatment to the head and neck. 5. TMJ surgery. 6. Trauma to jaw in the last 2 months. 7. Unable to participate due to language barrier or mental/intellectual incompetence. 8. Use of narcotic pain medication, muscle relaxants or steroid therapy. 9. Use of antidepressant drugs. 10. Drugs interacting with sex hormones. 11. Ongoing orthodontic treatments. 12. Wearing dentures. 13. Contraindications for imaging. 14. Ongoing TMD treatments unless on a stable regimen for at least 2 months. 15. Unable or unwilling to give informed consent. 16. Presence of craniofacial anomalies. 17. Pregnant and lactating women. 18. Patient on oral contraceptives. Control group: 1. Patients with signs and symptoms of TMDs.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
psychological stress might have influence on TMDs jaw discrepancies can effect TMDs increase in progesterone levels in females and testosterone levels in malesTimepoint: 3months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
malocclusion can have effect on TMDsTimepoint: 12months	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Reji Abraham

Sri Hasanamba Dental College and Hospital

rejiabm@gmail.com9844583987

Outcome results