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Relationships Between Risk Factors and Treatment Outcome in a Group of Patients With Temporomandibular Disorders
1Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Stomatognathic Physiology, University of Oslo, Faculty of Dentistry, Oslo, Norway
2Institute of Community Dentistry, University of Oslo, Faculty of Dentistry, Oslo, Norway
*Corresponding Author(s): Bent Schie Krogstad E-mail:
The aim of this study was to compare somatic complaints, anxiety, and pain related to temporomandibular disorders (TMD) in a group of TMD patients who had high scores for headache and muscle palpation compared with that of a group of TMD patients who had low or medium scores for headache and palpation before and 2 years after conservative TMD treatment, consisting of counseling, muscle exercises, and a stabilization splint. The high-score group consisted of 23 patients who had headaches several times a week or daily and had more than three muscles graded as severely tender to palpation. The low/medium-score group comprised 28 patients who had headaches hardly ever, once or twice a month, or several times a month, and with muscles graded as slightly or medium tender to palpation. The patients answered three questionnaires (McGill Pain Questionnaire [Norwegian version], a somatic complaints questionnaire, and the trait part of Spielberger Stait-Trait Anxiety Inventory) before and 2 years after treatment. The findings showed differences between the two groups concerning pain description, general muscle complaints, and anxiety both before and after the treatment, with the high-score group showing the highest values. In general, the treatment outcome had improved in the low/medium-score group but remained unchanged in the high-score group.
temporotnandibtilar disorders; risk factors; treatment outcome; psychologic test
Bent Schie Krogstad, Asbjorn Jokstad, Bjom L. Dahl, Olav Vassend. Relationships Between Risk Factors and Treatment Outcome in a Group of Patients With Temporomandibular Disorders. Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache. 1996. 10(1);48-53.
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