Stomatognathic dysfunction in the western desert of Egypt: an epidemiological survey.
Results of a study of 215 male subjects from Siwa oasis are presented. The Siwian community is representative of the Bedouin communities in the Egyptian western desert. The population belongs to a characteristic ethnic group, living in a primitive way. The most prevalent symptoms were headache (29%), pain in the ear (24%) and clicking joint sounds (19%); 84% of the subjects suffered from tenderness of one or more of the masticatory muscles; 8% of the subjects had painful movements of the mandible. The results extend knowledge of the distribution of jaw dysfunction complaints into hitherto uninvestigated communities.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004534:Egypt; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology