The present study was to establish a correlation between occlusion, Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) pain and idiopathic scoliosis. The study population was composed of 120 patients affected by idiopathic scoliosis and admitted for orthodontic evaluation and treatment between January 2008 and December 2009. Several variables were investigated: demographic (age and gender), TMJ symptoms (left and right pain) anatomic (left and right cuspid and molar tooth classes, overbite and overjet, anterior and posterior left and right emanel surface lesions, anterior and posterior left and right cross-bites) and functional (frontal and left and right lateral guides for disclosure, left and right initial, intermediate, final and reciprocal clicks) variables. By matching TMJ pain and all the other variables, only occlusal functional variables and most severe scoliosis have a significant correlation with TMJ pain. Patients affected by idiopathic scoliosis have a high incidence of malocclusion. Occlusal functional variables and degree of scoliosis have a clinical impact on TMJ symptoms
RELATION BETWEEN OCCLUSION, TMJ PAIN AND IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON 120 PATIENTS
ZOLLINO, Ilaria;TRAPELLA, Giorgio;CARINCI, Francesco
2011
Abstract
The present study was to establish a correlation between occlusion, Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) pain and idiopathic scoliosis. The study population was composed of 120 patients affected by idiopathic scoliosis and admitted for orthodontic evaluation and treatment between January 2008 and December 2009. Several variables were investigated: demographic (age and gender), TMJ symptoms (left and right pain) anatomic (left and right cuspid and molar tooth classes, overbite and overjet, anterior and posterior left and right emanel surface lesions, anterior and posterior left and right cross-bites) and functional (frontal and left and right lateral guides for disclosure, left and right initial, intermediate, final and reciprocal clicks) variables. By matching TMJ pain and all the other variables, only occlusal functional variables and most severe scoliosis have a significant correlation with TMJ pain. Patients affected by idiopathic scoliosis have a high incidence of malocclusion. Occlusal functional variables and degree of scoliosis have a clinical impact on TMJ symptomsI documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
