Relationship between Pathological Occlusal Changes and the Signs and Symptoms of Temporomandibular Dysfunction.

Ana de Lourdes Sá de Lira Maria Karen Vasconcelos Fontenele

Published in: Turkish journal of orthodontics (2020)

Only in the patients with Class II malocclusion there was a significant association with 2 signs of TMD (crackling and bruxism). There was no association between malocclusion and tooth loss with the signs and symptoms of TMD. The signs and symptoms of TMD were more frequent in the patients who presented multiple teeth loss without malocclusion.

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