Pain or headache, general suffered. However, it is very rarely a problem to know if this is an indication of interference jaw joints.
Often experiencing headaches and have not found it? Soon came to the dentist, so it can be a symptom of interference or the jaw joint medical call with temporomandibular disorder (TMD). This interference is a set of clinical symptoms involving the musculature mastication, jaw joints, or both.
Symptoms are usually felt more than one, are painful around the jaw joints, head aches, mastication interference, noise or joints when opening the cowl, and the limited open mouth. Beep joints are also frequently reported by TMD patients, this can be accompanied by sound or without pain.
Due to the existence of pain, some researchers have found that 70-85 percent of TMD patients often feel sore heads and 40 percent reported the existence of facial pain. Pain is increased at the time of opening and closing the mouth. 50 percent TMD patients often complain of sore ears, but at the time of review there is no sign of infection.
TMD is not known general public. But the fact is, this interference can provide a big enough impact on the quality of life. This is evident with the increasing number of patients with jaw joint interference seeking treatment.
“Data that we have not yet, but trends tend to increase. Perhaps because of awareness of dental and oral health of the community also increased,” said Guru Besar UI Faculty of Dentistry, Prof. drg Laura Susanti Himawan, SpPros (K) after the installation on campus Salemba UI Jakarta, last week.
Studies on epidemologis signs and symptoms of TMD was first conducted in Scandinavia and Northern Europe in early 1970, after these new publications appear in other countries. Of 18 epidemiology studies on TMD from various countries found 56 percent of adult population have at least one sign associated with TMD. While TMD symptoms reported by patients about 41 percent. In addition, it is estimated that there are increasing cases of 2 percent per year.
Meanwhile, a survey conducted on 128 students FKGUI academic program in November 1997 also shows the incredible results, ie, 96 percent of students have a sign associated with the jaw joints interference.
Factors that cause TMD, among others, oklusi conditions, trauma, emotional stress, deep pain input-feeling that can be painful and in-parafungsional activity or any activity outside the normal functions, such as chew, speak and swallow.
According to Prof. Laura, vice-hours a day, such as when to eat can be a cause of jaw joint interference. Eating pattern that is not true, just as with the mouth on one side only will cause imbalance of the jaw joints.
“As a result, most of which is the sound of light-sound activities at the mouth to make the most weight, the mouth is opened or closed hard,” said professor born in Jakarta, 60 years ago.
Meanwhile, dental doctorate from the Departement of Oral Medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle Donna Massoth, DDS, Phd said, TMD views based on three main categories. The most common characteristic of inconvenience is a pain in the jaw, neck, or shoulder muscles.
Sign and symptoms of TMD can be found at all age levels, from children to elderly. On child prevalence is lower, will be increased at the age of young adult and will decrease again in the elderly.
TMD symptoms most often by population aged 20-40 years with a number of women more than men. “Women do care for TMD two times more often than men,” Massoth demolished.
