title: Incidence of temporomandibular joint disorders in patients seen at a hospital emergency room.
abstract: A retrospective survey of a hospital emergency room population seen at an oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic during a 6-month period found 62 patients (2.7% of the total population) with temporomandibular joint disorders. The diagnoses were myofascial pain-dysfunction/temporomandibular joint dysfunction (MPD/TMJ) syndrome (70.9% of the cases) and dislocation (luxation) (22.5% of the cases). The chief complaint was well defined in relation to the diagnoses: facial pain in the MPD/TMJ syndrome cases, and displacement of the mandible in the dislocation cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Luz
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*