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Published on: March 7, 2014
Temporomandibular joint dysfunction and occlusion in the mixed and permanent dentition
1Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between occlusal factors: Angle classification, overbite, overjet, openbite, anterior and posterior crossbite, scissors bite or buccal crossbite and lateral openbite--and the presence of mandibular dysfunction in a sample of 359 Turkish children with mixed and permanent dentition. Z Test was used to compare the results. It was found that, Class III malocclusion in the permanent dentition and openbite, overbite = 0, overjet = 0, anterior-posterior crossbite in the mixed dentition were related with TMD.
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