Prevalencia de trastornos temporomandibulares en adultos mayores del Hogar Sebderito de Amor Chiquintad - 2018

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of temporomandibular disorders in older adults of Hogar Senderito de Amor Chiquintad – 2018 MATERIAL AND METHODS: A sample descriptive study was made, by means of the participation of 143 greater adults of both sexes of the Hogar Senderito de Amor Chiquintad during the months of November 2017 to January of year 2018; Accordingly, a sample was applied where data about sex, age, signs and symptoms of the participants were taken in addition, clinical manifestations were valued like: presence of muscular pain, difficulty to the mandibular opening movement and closes, articular pain, noises, limitation of the buccal opening, limitation of the lateral movements and propulsion , and deviation of the jaw. RESULTS: the (88.8%) of the older adults studied had damage to the temporomandibular joint. According to age ranges, the persons most affected by temporomandibular disorders are from 81 years of age onwards (97%); joint noises were the most common0 symptom in both sexes during mandibular opening and closing movements (82.5%), followed by muscle-joint pain that it was manifested with a higher percentage in women (83%) than in men (74%). CONCLUSIONS: there is a high prevalence of TMD in older adults. The most frequent signs and symptoms by age and sex were joint noises, deviation of the jaw to opening are the most affected.