Relationship between craniomandibular dysfunction and malocclusion in children with and without recent unpleasant life events
- Vanderas, Apostole
- Βανδεράς, Απόστολος
DOIAbstract
AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CRANIOMANDIBULAR DYSFUNCTION AND MALOCCLUSION IN 386 CHILDREN AGED 6 TO 10 YEARS WITH AND WITHOUT UNPLEASANT LIFE EVENTS. THE RESULTS SHOWED NO STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT CORRELATIONS BETWEEN EACH CLINICAL SIGN AND EACH TYPE OF MORPHOLOGIC MALOCCLUSION IN BOTH GROUPS. THE CHI-SQUARE TEST, HOWEVER, REVEALED STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION BETWEEN THE PAIN IN THE TEMPLE REGION AND POSTERIOR CROSSBITE IN THE CALM GROUP BUT NOT IN THE NOT CALM GROUP. WITH RESPECT TO THE FUNCTIONAL MALOCCLUSION, THE CHI-SQUARE TEST SHOWED STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT CORRELATIONS BETWEEN INTERFERENCES IN THE TERMINAL HINGE AND TMI-TENDERNESS AND DIFFICULTIES IN OPENING WIDE. HOWEVER, ...
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