Prevalence of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Rebeca Cecília SouzaEmerson Tavares de SousaDavid SousaMarcelo SalesRudyard Dos Santos OliveiraMaria Helena MarianoEliézer RushanskyAna Cláudia Amorim GomesEmanuel Dias de Oliveira E SilvaPublished in: Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry (2021)
Patients with ankylosing spondylitis presented a high prevalence of temporomandibular disorder, most of them having the degenerative forms of TMJ disease. AS and TMD cause moderate to severe chronic pain and a negative impact on psychological status and functional capacities.