The temporomandibular joints disorders in patients with osteoporosis.
J Oral Maxillofac Pathol 2021;
25:369-370. [PMID:
34703137 PMCID:
PMC8491341 DOI:
10.4103/0973-029x.325254]
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Abstract
Background:
Osteoporosis is a skeletal and progressive behavioral disease with physically and psychologically significant consequences.
Aims of the Study:
Evaluate the presence and effects of Temporomandibular Joints Disorders in osteoporotic patients.
Materials and Methods:
Fifty-eight (58) patients with osteoporosis participated in this study as they were already diagnosed by Rheumatologists, physical and sport Rehabilitation physicians in Merjan Medical city/Babylon – Iraq between period February and August 2019.
Results:
Twenty-seven (27) patients with T. M. J clicking as anterior disk displacements, Seventeen (17) patients with spasm in muscles of mastication, and then finally Fourteen (14) out of 58 patients with subluxation and dislocation.
Conclusions:
Osteoporosis can have a significant impact on oral health.
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