Donnarumma, Valeria (2018) Association between awake oral parafunctional behaviors and temporomandibular disorders. [Tesi di dottorato]

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Tipologia del documento: Tesi di dottorato
Lingua: English
Titolo: Association between awake oral parafunctional behaviors and temporomandibular disorders
Autori:
AutoreEmail
Donnarumma, Valeriadonnarummavale@gmail.com
Data: 4 Dicembre 2018
Numero di pagine: 94
Istituzione: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Dipartimento: Neuroscienze e Scienze Riproduttive ed Odontostomatologiche
Dottorato: Medicina clinica e sperimentale
Ciclo di dottorato: 31
Coordinatore del Corso di dottorato:
nomeemail
Beguinot, Francescofrancesco.beguinot@unina.it
Tutor:
nomeemail
Michelotti, Ambrosina[non definito]
Data: 4 Dicembre 2018
Numero di pagine: 94
Parole chiave: temporomandibular disorders, oral parafunctions
Settori scientifico-disciplinari del MIUR: Area 06 - Scienze mediche > MED/28 - Malattie odontostomatologiche
Depositato il: 19 Dic 2018 15:08
Ultima modifica: 30 Giu 2020 08:46
URI: http://www.fedoa.unina.it/id/eprint/12470

Abstract

Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) represent a very common public health problem. Awake oral parafunctional behaviors may contribute to their establishment. They include oral habits that differ from physiological functional needs such as mastication, communication, swallowing or breathing and they could be considered as adverse behaviors because of their detrimental effects on teeth, temporomandibular joints and jaw muscles. Awake oral parafunctions can be detected through surface electromyography (EMG) or questionnaires completed from the patient, like the Oral Behaviors Checklist (OBC). This thesis is the result of researches showing that a strong relationship between such behaviors and TMD exists, by confirming what widely explained in literature. The strength of the present findings is that they have been obtained through standardized Diagnostic Criteria (DC) to make TMD diagnosis and through valid methods for the assessment of wake-time oral parafunctions. Based on these data, clinicians should focus on the reduction of awake parafunctions in the multifactorial treatment of patients affected from TMD by carefully administering them a correct behavioral counselling. Therefore, this might reduce the overload on temporomandibular joint and consequently the development of TMD. However, more researches based on greater samples and standardized methods, should be conducted to expand and clarify the knowledge about this controversial topic.

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