title: A retrospective analysis of temporomandibular findings among Israeli-born patients based on the RDC/TMD.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate temporomandibular disorders (TMD) Axis I and II among Israeli-Jewish patients using the Hebrew version of the Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC) for TMD and to compare the results with Swedish, United States, Asian and Israeli-Arab populations. The study consisted of 298 Israeli-born, Jewish patients (male/female ratio 3.5:1), arriving at an Orofacial Pain Clinic during the year 2001-2004. A complete clinical examination was carried out according to the RDC/TMD protocol. Axis I diagnoses: 65% of the Israeli-Jewish patients exhibited myofacial pain (Group I disorder), 38% disc displacement (Group II disorder) and 18% arthralgia, osteoarthritis or osteoarthrosis (Group III disorder). Axis II diagnoses: 20% of the patients scored severe depression and 35% scored somatization. Pain was reported in 82% of the patients (mean pain duration 35.7-33.8 months for women, 44.1 for men). Patients had an average disability score of 30.0 +/- 30.2. Chronic pain grade IV was present in 4% of the patients. Israeli-Jewish temporomandibular disorder patients showed results similar to those reported for other countries, further supporting the use of the RDC/TMD internationally as a reliable epidemiological tool. Globally, Axis I scores were similar, while Axis II scores were more susceptible to geographic/ethnic differences. Gender can influence Axis I and Axis II as well as possible gender specific association with socio-economic status. In future comparisons, men and women should be considered separately.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Rehabilitation, The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Winocur
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Steinkeller-Dekel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reiter
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Eli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D007585:Jews / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009209:Myofascial Pain Syndromes / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017678:Sex Distribution; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*