Myogenic temporomandibular disorders: Clinical systemic comorbidities in a female population sample.
BACKGROUND
Myogenic temporomandibular disorders (MTMD) frequently coexist with other clinical conditions in the same individual. In the last decades, several authors have analyzed these comorbidities looking for the origin of this overlapping. Objetives: The aim of this study was to perform a comparative anaylisis between a group of patients with MTMD and a control group of dental patients without dysfunctional pathology to assess whether there are significant differences in the presence of systemic medical comorbidities between the two groups.


METHODS
Restrospective epidemiological analysis, based on medical questionnaires in a group of 31 patients, women, aged from 24 to 58 (average 39.96 years), diagnosed with MTMD (Masticatory Myofascial Pain), with a control group with the same number of individuals, gender and age range to evaluate if there is a significant statistical difference in the presence of medical comorbidities in this group of patients with MTMD and if they are in a higher risk of suffering different pathological conditions.


RESULTS
It was found that the group affected by MTMD presented many more associated medical conditions than the control group: health changes during the last year, medical evaluations and treatments, presence of pain, sinus disease, tinnitus, headache, joint pain, ocular disorders, fatigue, dizziness, genitourinary disorders and xerostomia among others; and they were also in a higher risk to suffer other pathological entities as headaches and articular pain.


CONCLUSIONS
These results reinforce our hypothesis that MTMD belong to a group of medical conditions triggered by a loss of equilibrium of the individual's Psycho-Neuro-Endocrine-Immune (PNEI) Axis that produces alterations in the response against external stimuli in some genetically predisposed individuals. It is, therefore, necessary to change the way of diagnosing and managing these individual's medical conditions, being mandatory to look from a more multidisciplinary perspective than the one we are currently offering.
Máster en Dolor Orofacial y Disfunción Craneomandibular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Urbanización Montepríncipe 28668, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain, migueldepedroherraez@hotmail.com.
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D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D005157:Facial Pain; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult
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