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- Title
Prevalence of troublesome symptoms related to temporomandibular disorders and awareness of bruxism in 65- and 75-year-old subjects.
- Authors
Unell, Lennart; Johansson, Anders; Ekbäck, Gunnar; Ordell, Sven; Carlsson, Gunnar E.
- Abstract
doi: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2011.00558.x Prevalence of troublesome symptoms related to temporomandibular disorders and awareness of bruxism in 65- and 75-year-old subjects Objective: To assess the prevalence of three troublesome temporomandibular disorder (TMD) symptoms and awareness of bruxism in two cohorts of subjects aged 65 and 75 years. Background: Epidemiological studies have demonstrated varying prevalence of TMD symptoms. The results concerning elderly people are inconclusive. Material and methods: In 2007 identical questionnaires were sent to all subjects born in 1942 and 1932 living in two Swedish counties. The response rate was 73.1% for the 65- and 71.9% for the 75-year-old subjects, totally 9093 subjects. Results: The great majority reported no or only a few TMD problems. Less than 4% considered their TMD symptoms to be rather great or severe. The mean prevalence of TMD-related symptoms and bruxism was greater in women than in men in both age groups. The 75-year-old women reported a marked lower prevalence of TMD symptoms and bruxism than the 65-year-old women, whereas the age differences were small among the men. Self-reported bruxism was associated with a higher prevalence of TMD symptoms. Conclusions: The great majority of the subjects did not report any troublesome TMD related symptoms. However, 5.4% of the 65-year-old women and 3.8% of the 75-year-old women considered their symptoms severe or rather severe.
- Subjects
TEMPOROMANDIBULAR disorders; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OROFACIAL pain; BRUXISM; ORAL diseases
- Publication
Gerodontology, 2012, Vol 29, Issue 2, pe772
- ISSN
0734-0664
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1741-2358.2011.00558.x