Prevalence of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) among Finnish prisoners: cross-sectional clinical study.

CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of self-reported TMD symptoms and clinical assessed TMD, especially join-related TMD diagnoses, is high among Finnish prisoners. Examination and treatment of TMD should become a common practice also in prison dental care.
PMID: 30430904 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Acta Odontologica Scandinavica - November 15, 2018 Category: Dentistry Authors: Vainionpää R, Kinnunen T, Pesonen P, Laitala ML, Anttonen V, Sipilä K Tags: Acta Odontol Scand Source Type: research