CAVALCANTE, M. R. S.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9510843672968101; CAVALCANTE, Marcos Roberto da Silva.
Resumo:
Studies on tooth loss show its high prevalence and the need for dental prostheses in
the population, temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD) is quite frequent in these
patients. Thus, the present study aimed to characterize the type of occlusion and
TMD in the patients treated at the Dental Prosthesis Clinic of the Federal University
of Campina Grande (UFCG), Patos-Paraíba, as well as to present reflections on
occlusion and TMD. A cross-sectional, observational study with an inductive
approach and comparative, statistical-descriptive, retrospective procedure was
adopted, adopting as a data collection strategy the medical records of the Dental
Prosthesis Clinic of the UFCG. In order to evaluate the type of occlusion and TMD,
the sample consisted of 200 tokens from 2014 to 2018. The sample consisted of 200
tokens and the results showed 67 (33.5%) male patients and 133 (66.5% ) of the
female gender and mean age of 48.6 ± 13.9 years. 38 (19%) answered that they had
discomfort or pain in chewing and 39 (19.5%) had the noise when they chewed. In
addition, 28 (13%) patients reported presence of bruxism and 27 (13.5%) had dental
tightening. We concluded the prevalence in females and the association of several
factors predisposing to TMD (dentition, chewing pain, chewing noise, normal mouth
opening, occlusal interference, deviation during opening and closing of the mouth,
crossbite, open bite, buccal, type of swallowing, bruxism, dental tightness, habits),
showing that changes in temporomandibular joint (TMJ) are multifactorial and that
other symptoms or agents are involved in its etiology.