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Systematic Assessment of Mammalian Skull Specimens for Dental and Temporomandibular Joint Pathology
Published on: August 22, 2022
The temporomandibular joints disorders in patients with osteoporosis
Ali Qays Lilo Lilo1, Maytham Riad Ali1, Ali Mihsen Hussein Alyassiri2
1Department of Oral Surgery and Oral Diagnosis, College of Dentistry, University of Babylon, Hillah, Iraq.
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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