Correlation of the Prevalence of Signs and Symptoms of Temporomandibular Disorder in Adolescent Athletes and Non- Athletes
Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are among the most challenging diseases of modern populations in diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic terms. Diverse symptomatology requires teamwork and a multidisciplinary approach to this problem, therefore many researchers and clinicians in dentistry, otolaryngology, orthopaedics, neurology, radiology, rheumatology, and other areas deal with this disorder. Temporomandibular disorders is the common name for a number of pathological conditions that can have similar signs and symptoms, which lead to an imbalance of the normal functions of the stomatognathic system (1). Many epidemiological studies have examined the incidence of temporomandibular disorders in certain populations. It is now known that 60-70% of the population has at least one sign of temporomandibular disorder and that the ratio of temporomandibular disorders prevalence between women and men is Uvod