title: Stomatognathic dysfunctional symptoms in Saudi Arabian adolescents.
abstract: Secondary school Saudi students participated in a questionnaire about stomatognathic dysfunction symptoms. The adolescents were interviewed about general health, peripheral joint disease, chewing function, oral parafunctions, and symptoms of dysfunction. Thirty-two per cent of participants had at least one dysfunction symptom. Pain on opening was the most common (35.7%), followed by headache (33.6%), and joint sounds (32.2%). Symptoms increased with decline in general health, particularly the health of peripheral joints. Chewing functions were not impaired. Tooth loss did not affect dysfunction symptoms in adolescents, whilst a weak relation was evident between oral parafunctions and symptoms of mandibular dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Abdel-Hakim
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alsalem
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006261:Headache / Q000453:epidemiology; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008409:Mastication; D015995:Prevalence; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016388:Tooth Loss / Q000453:epidemiology