title: [A clinical assessment of 224 dental patients with pain and dysfunction].
abstract: Data collected on 224 patients of both sexes aged between 9 and 72 and suffering from temporomandibular dysfunctional algias have been examined. The observed prevalence of the female sex and young adults is in agreement with other researches. The most frequent, variously imbricated pathologies were the meniscal (62%), musculoligamentous (53%) and inflammatory and degenerative (21%). Having confirmed the multifactorial aetiology, and individual treatment plan was worked out. Of the initial therapies, active gymnastics, repositioning and stabilisation occlusion measures, relaxation practices, bland aspecific drugs were of particular importance. The final therapy contemplated above all prostheses and orthodontia as structural measures with a deliberate choice of conservative approach.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Policattedra di Clinica Odontostomatologica e Chirurgia Maxillo-Facciale, Università degli Studi di Torino.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Capurso
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Audisio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neirotti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Luparia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001314:Auscultation; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Valutazione clinica di 224 pazienti odontoiatrici algo-disfunzionali.