Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
Conditions
Brief summary
The patients who applied to the hospital for orthodontic treatment were asked various questions to evaluate their oral health related quality of life, malocclusions and self reported temporomandibular joint problems.
Detailed description
The patients who applied to the hospital for orthodontic treatment were asked various questions to evaluate their oral health related quality of life, malocclusions and self reported temporomandibular joint problems. For this purposes Oral Health Impact Profile-14, and Helkimo's indexes were used.The relationship between these results were investigated.
Interventions
OTHERAge 0-18
Patients under 18 years of age
OTHERAge 18-26
Patients over18 years of age
OTHERGirls
Girls
OTHERBoys
Boys
Sponsors
University of Gaziantep
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
12 Years to 27 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* wish to receive orthodontic treatment in our clinic.
Exclusion criteria
* The absence of willingness for the temporomandibular joint and clinical examination or answering the survey questions.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oral Health Impact Profile | through study completion, an average of 2 months. The scale ranged from 0-5. All data will be summed at the end of the study. Higher values means worse quality of life standard | Oral Health Impact Profile relations between patients under 18 and over 18 and between girls and boys |
| Helkimo's anamnestic dysfunction index | through study completion, an average of 2 months. The scale ranged from 0-3. Higher scale means worse quality of life standards | Helkimo's anamnestic dysfunction index relations between patients under 18 and over 18 and between girls and boys |
| Helkimo's clinical dysfunction index | through study completion, an average of 2 months. The scale ranged from 0-3. Higher scale means worse quality of life standards | Helkimo's clinical dysfunction index relations between patients under 18 and over 18 and between girls and boys |
| Visual analog scale | through study completion, an average of 2 months. | Visual analog scale relations between patients under 18 and over 18 and between girls and boys. The scale ranged from 0-1. If the patient marked no facial pain the visual analog scale value was accepted as 0, if the patient marked any level of facial pain visual analog scale value was accepted as 1. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed