Temporomandibular disorders in climacteric middle age women

Authors

  • José Miguel Montero Parrilla Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Estomatologia "Raúl González Sánchez"
  • Ileana Bárbara Grau León Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Estomatologia "Raúl González Sánchez"
  • José Antonio Denis Alfonso Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Estomatologia "Raúl González Sánchez"

Keywords:

temporomandibular disorders, climacteric, menopause.

Abstract

Introduction: the number of women reaching adulthood is increasing, so that menopause and changes in health associated with it are a global health problem of interest.
Objective: to identify the presence of temporomandibular disorders in perimenopausal middle age women (45-59 years).
Method: a descriptive study was conducted from January to March 2012 at the medical practice # 1 of Luis Galván University Polyclinic in Centro Habana municipality. A sample of 200 patients was selected from a universe of 427 women aged 45 and 59 years.
Results: 74,5 % of them had some kind of sign or symptom of alteration, the most frequent was join sounds, affecting 34.5 % of them.
Conclusions: perimenopausal women and with moderate severity of climacteric syndrome were the most affected. When the severity of the climacteric syndrome increased, the amount of women free of temporomandibular disorders decreased.

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Author Biography

José Miguel Montero Parrilla, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. Facultad de Estomatologia "Raúl González Sánchez"

Especialista Prótesis Estomatológica. Profesor Asistente de la Facultad de Estomatología de La Habana.

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Published

2013-12-21

How to Cite

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Montero Parrilla JM, Grau León IB, Denis Alfonso JA. Temporomandibular disorders in climacteric middle age women. Rev Cubana Estomatol [Internet]. 2013 Dec. 21 [cited 2025 Jun. 6];50(3):9-15. Available from: https://revestomatologia.sld.cu/index.php/est/article/view/44

Issue

Vol. 50 No. 3 (2013): JUL- SEP

Section

Research Article

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