Rakesh Raina, Mehvish Jabeen, Manoj Sharma, Kalpit Kumar, Nirmalya Biswas, Raju Ram Bishnoi

ABSTRACT

Background: Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are a group of painful conditions that typically involve the temporomandibular joint(s) (TMJ) and/or masticatory muscles. The present study was conducted to assess oral health status and OHRQoL in patients with TMDs. Materials & Methods: 76 patients of TMDs of both genderswere put on group I and non- TMDs healthy subjects in group II. OHRQoL was assessed using the OHIP-TMDs questionnaire. Oral health status was assessed using the WHO Oral Health Assessment Form for Adults. Results: Group I had 30 males and 46 females and group II had 32 males and 44 females. SES was lower- middle seen in 58 in group I and 60 in group II and upper- middle 18 in group I and 16 in group II. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). The mean DMFT score was 5.6 and 5.1, mean teeth with gingival bleeding was 9.7 and 6.4, mean teeth with periodontal pockets was 0.34 and 0.11 in group I and group II respectively. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). The mean domainsscore for functional limitationwas 5.5 and 0.4, physical pain was 15.5 and 0.9, psychological discomfort was 11.9and 0.5, physical disability was 5.9 and 0.4, psychological disability was 14.3 and 0.3, social disability was 5.2 and 0, handicap was 4.7 and 0 and OHIP- TMD was 63 and 2.5 in group Iand group II respectively. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: OHRQoL and oral health status are found to be poor among the TMDs when compared to the non-TMDs. There was a relationship between OHRQoL and oral health status among both groups.