title: Prevalence study of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders in a Turkish population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) in a population of 792 Turkish adults ranging in age from 15- to 72-years-old.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects were examined objectively and subjectively for signs and symptoms of TMD through the distribution of frequency of the data obtained from a questionnaire and a physical examination using a similar methodology of previous studies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This study determined the prevalence of signs and symptoms of TMDs in subjects from male and female subgroups in a Turkish adult population. Both signs and symptoms of TMDs were generally more prevalent in females than in males.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of signs and symptoms were generally greater than in previous studies of other populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey. fozan@cumhuriyet.edu.tr
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozan
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Polat
authors.forename: Isa
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: Dervishan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Küçük
authors.forename: Hidayet Burak
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Polat
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001314:Auscultation; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012744:Sex Ratio; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology