Abstract

HUAPAYA PARDAVE, María del Carmen  and  LOZANO CASTRO, Felipe Enrique. Association between tension-type headache and temporomandibular dysfuntion according to the DC/TMD INDEX. Rev. Estomatol. Herediana [online]. 2016, vol.26, n.4, pp.229-235. ISSN 1019-4355.

Objectives: This study evaluated the association between tension-type headache and temporomandibular dysfuntion according to the Index Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) in patients at the Neurology and Dentistry services of Navy Medical Center Major Surgeon Santiago Tavara "CMST" during the period from september to december of 2015. Material and methods: 154 young adult patients (18-30 years) divided into two groups, the first group of 77 patients with a diagnosis of Tension-type headache and a control group of 77 patients who did not suffer from Tension-type headache. A pilot study under certain inclusion and exclusion criteria was executed, then the patients solved a symptom questionnaire and subsequently underwent a clinical examination of the DC/TMD Axis I. Results: The presence of Temporomandibular Dysfunction in Tension-type headache group was 71.4% and in the control group 11.7%. Besides the degree of Temporomandibular Dysfunction predominant both in Tension-type headache group and the control group was the intraarticular disorders with 59.7% and 7.8% respectively. There is a significant association between Tension-type headache and temporomandibular dysfunction (X2 = 56.57; p = 0.000) and a statistically significant difference between the degrees of Temporomandibular Dysfunction (U = 1252.50; p = 0.000). Conclusions: There is association between Tension-type headache and temporomandibular dysfunction. Tension-type headache patients were diagnosed with intraarticular disorders.

Keywords : Temporomandibular disorders; tension-type headache; diagnosis; pain.

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