title: Characteristics of chief complaints of patients with temporomandibular disorders in a Brazilian population.
abstract: A retrospective survey of 894 patients with temporomandibular disorders was conducted in order to analyse the characteristics of chief complaints. The patients presented complaints of pain (82.1%), functional disturbance (12.3%), articular sounds (5.0%) and swelling (0.6%). Unilateral occurrence (66.5%) was more frequent than bilateral. The most frequent location of pain was the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) (82.1%) followed by ear (10.8%), face (2.3%), head (2.3%), mandible (1.0%), neck (0.9%), temporal (0.4%) and frontal (0.1%) areas. Pain in the TMJ occurred in isolation (87.9%) or associated to other locations. The most frequent functional disturbance was limitation of jaw opening (32.1%).
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: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Maragno
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D004433:Earache / Q000503:physiopathology; D004487:Edema / Q000503:physiopathology; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013016:Sound; D013703:Temporal Muscle / Q000503:physiopathology; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*