Analysing prevalence of temporomandibular joint disorder and it’s impact on oral health related quality of life in Delhi NCR

• Author Details:   
• Uditi Bairwa
• Dhruv Ahuja ^*
• Susmita Mallick
• Tanya Goyal

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Objective: To determine the prevalence of Temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD) in dental patients in North India and to examine oral health-related quality of life of TMD patients.
Materials and Methods: This multicentric study was carried out on 1151 dental patients between 18–65 years of age. Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD), and Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) forms were used. Descriptive analysis and Chi-square test were used to analyze the factors associated with OHIP-14 scores.
Results: 64.3% of population exhibited sign of TMD symptoms. Females have shown 34.23% prevalence of TMD more than that of males (30.06%). The age group 18-35 years (43.87%), 36-50 years (10.86%) and 50 years and above (9.56%) showed prevalence for TMD. There was a significant association of TMD as demonstrated by higher OHIP-14 scores for functional disability, physical pain, social disability (p<0>
Conclusion: TMD symptoms are more common in females and younger individuals. TMD is often associated with negative impact on oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL).

Keywords: Temporomandibular joint disorders, Oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL), Oral health impact profile-14 (OHIP-14), Diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders.