Title

Class ii skeletal malocclusion and prevalence of temporomandibular disorders. An epidemiological pilot study on growing subjects

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The purpose of our work is to evaluate the correlation between skeletal Class II malocclu-sion and temporomandibular disorders, by assessing potential different frequency scores compared with Class I and Class III skeletal malocclusion, and to evaluate associated etiological and risk factors. Fifty-five subjects were examined, 35 females and 20 males, with a mean age of 18 ± 1.3 years, divided into two groups: those with TMD and those without TMD, and prevalence was evaluated in the two groups of Class II subjects. Symptoms and more frequent signs were also examined in the TMD group. Regarding Group A (subjects with the presence of TMD), we found that 48% have a Class II, 16% have Class I, and 28% have Class III. In the totality of the group A sample, only 8% were male subjects. In Group B (subjects without TMD), we found that 40% were females, with 26.7% in Class I, 10% in Class II, and 3.3% in Class III; the male subjects in this group (60%) were distributed with 33.3% in Class I, 16.7% in Class II, and 10% in Class III. Class II malocclusion is not a causal factor of TMD but may be considered a predisposing factor.

Publication Date

9-1-2021

Faculty

Faculty of Dentistry

Subject Area

Health Sciences, General Health Professions

Indexed in Scopus

yes

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk6030063

Volume

6

Keywords

Class II, Crossbite, Temporomandibular disorder

eISSN

24115142

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