Prevalence of Signs and Symptoms of TMD in Patients Wearing Double Complete Dentures, RPD and in Dentistry Students.

Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

Prevalence of Signs and Symptoms of Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) in Patients Wearing Double Complete Dentures, Removable Partial Dentures and Dentistry Students at State University of West of Paraná - UNIOESTE

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01679821
• Other study ID #: 538/2010-CEP
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 1, 2012
• Last updated: September 5, 2012
• Start date: December 2010
• Est. completion date: August 2011

Study information

• Verified date: September 2012
• Source: Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

It was proposed in this study to evaluate the prevalence of TMD signs and symptoms in State University of West of Parana's dental students with natural dentition, in patients with removable partial dentures and double complete dentures.

Description:

The Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD) has a high prevalence among the population. Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of signs and symptoms of TMD. Methodology: 210 randomly selected individuals were evaluated, being divided into three groups with seventy individuals each: Group 1 - dental students with natural dentition. Group 2 - patients with removable partial dentures. And Group 3 - patients with double complete dentures. The questionnaire of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain for triage was employed, then, clinical evaluation was carried out.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 210
• Est. completion date: August 2011
• Est. primary completion date: March 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 19 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients wearing double complete denture, patients wearing just removable partial denture and dentate students.

Exclusion Criteria:

Students in orthodontic treatment or with less than one year after the end of orthodontic treatment were excluded from the research.

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Joint Diseases
• Signs and Symptoms
• Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
• Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome

Intervention

Other:
• A questionnaire and a clinical examination
Seventy dental students of State University of West of Paraná - UNIOESTE, seventy patients treated at the UNIOESTE Dental Clinic that wore removable partial denture (partially edentulous) and seventy patients with double complete dentures treated in Center for Dental Specialties of Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil. Students in orthodontic treatment or with less than one year after the end of orthodontic treatment were excluded from the research. Patients wearing a complete denture in one maxillary and a removable partial denture in another maxillary, and patients wearing just one complete denture were not included in the research.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná	Cascavel	Paraná

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Clinical examination	A clinical examination, which was divided into parts, namely: identification and analysis; part of the Axis I of RDC/TMD - Research Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders; muscle palpation; and for patients with dentures, the history and clinical evaluation of them	5 months	No
Primary	Assessment of the prevalence of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders in patients with removable partial dentures, complete double dentures and toothed.		5 months	Yes
Secondary	questionnaire for selection of orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorders recommended by the American Academy of Orofacial Pain		5 monts	No