TITLE:
Temporomandibular Disorder in University Students of the Parque das Rosas Campus, Universidade Estácio de Sá That Practice Sports
AUTHORS:
Rosineli Paz Cabral, Manuel Eduardo Moiolli-Rodrigues, Flávia Lima Kleinsorgen Motta, Francisco Carlos Kleinsorgen de Souza Motta, Juliana Rocha da Silva, Larissa Malheiros, Neide Martins, Leonardo Trepte, André Luiz G. Abrão, Adalgisa Maiworm, Luiz Carlos Oliveira, Raphael Lemgruber Cardoso, Adriano Arnóbio, Giuseppe Antonio Presta, Danúbia da Cunha de Sá Caputo, Sebastião David Santos Filho, Éric Heleno F. F. Frederico, Mario Bernardo-Filho, Severo de Paoli
KEYWORDS:
Temporomandibular Disorder, University Student, Fonseca Anamnestic Index, Prevalence
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.8 No.1,
January
12,
2016
ABSTRACT: The stomatognathic system (SS) is a functional unit of the body that depends on the balance of several tissues. It consists of various structures, including the temporomandibular joint. Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) can occur due to alterations in the SS. The Fonseca Anamnestic Index (FAI) is a scale used to evaluate and to characterize the TMD Type: no DTM, mild, moderate and severe. The aim is to evaluate the prevalence of signs and symptoms related to TMD in university students of the Parque das Rosas Campus, Universidade Estácio de Sá that practice sports. This investigation was approved (CAAE number 325678413.9.0000.5284). Two hundred eighth students (110 male and 98 female, aged 19 - 35 years) accepted to be in this investigation. All the participants answered a General Questionnaire (GQ) and the FAI. The GQ had questions about the age, sex and the presence of TMD. The FAI was used. A statistical difference (p > 0.05) was not found about the presence of TMD. Among the female, an elevated number of the students with signal or symptoms related to the temporomandibular with statistic significance (p