Dental Students’ Oral Health-Related Quality of Life and Temporomandibular Dysfunction-Self-Rating versus Clinical Assessment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Ethics Approval and Trial Registration
2.2. Subjects
2.3. Clinical Parameters and Data Acquisition
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Sample Sharacteristics
3.2. Oral Health Impact Profile-German-14
3.3. Graz Dysfunction Index
4. Discussion
4.1. Main Results and Comparison with Other Studies
4.2. Advantages and Disadvantages of the Study
4.3. Clinical Relevance
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Graz Dysfunction Index Score | |||
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Gender | Females (n = 38) | Males (n = 36) | p-Value * |
Anamnesis and inspection | 4 (4–6) | 4 (2.5–8) | 0.93 |
Pain | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0.09 |
Joint mobility | 4 (0–7) | 3 (0–6) | 0.42 |
Joint noise | 0.5 (0–8) | 0 (0–8.5) | 0.68 |
Occlusion | 1.5 (0–5) | 1 (0–3) | 0.78 |
Muscle pain on palpation | 0 (0–1.25) | 0 (0–0) | 0.22 |
Dysfunction Group | Total | ||||
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Normal Function | Adaptation | CompenSation | DysFunction | ||
Males, n (%) | 21 (58.3) | 14 (38.9) | 1 (2.8) | 0 (0) | 36 (100) |
Females, n (%) | 16 (42.1) | 18 (47.4) | 3 (7.9) | 1 (2.6) | 38 (100) |
Total, n (%) | 37 (50.0) | 32 (43.2) | 4 (5.4) | 1 (1.4) | 74 (100) |
Dysfunction Group (GDI) | OHIP Median (IQR) |
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Normal function (n = 37) | 1 (0–4) |
Adaptation (n = 32) | 4 (1.25–10.75) |
Compensation (n = 4) | 4.5 (17.5–5.75) |
Dysfunction (n = 1) | 6 (6–6) |
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Schnabl, D.; Sandbichler, P.; Neumaier, M.; Girstmair, J.; Barbieri, F.; Kapferer-Seebacher, I.; Steiner, R.; Laimer, J.; Grunert, I. Dental Students’ Oral Health-Related Quality of Life and Temporomandibular Dysfunction-Self-Rating versus Clinical Assessment. Healthcare 2021, 9, 1348. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101348
Schnabl D, Sandbichler P, Neumaier M, Girstmair J, Barbieri F, Kapferer-Seebacher I, Steiner R, Laimer J, Grunert I. Dental Students’ Oral Health-Related Quality of Life and Temporomandibular Dysfunction-Self-Rating versus Clinical Assessment. Healthcare. 2021; 9(10):1348. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101348
Chicago/Turabian StyleSchnabl, Dagmar, Philipp Sandbichler, Maximilian Neumaier, Johannes Girstmair, Fabian Barbieri, Ines Kapferer-Seebacher, René Steiner, Johannes Laimer, and Ingrid Grunert. 2021. "Dental Students’ Oral Health-Related Quality of Life and Temporomandibular Dysfunction-Self-Rating versus Clinical Assessment" Healthcare 9, no. 10: 1348. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101348