1. Oral health‐related quality of life in patients with disc displacement with reduction after counselling treatment versus counselling associated with jaw exercises
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Carolina Antunes Santa Cecília Simões, Rafael Alvim Magesty, Olga Dumont Flecha, Saulo Gabriel Moreira Falci, Dhelfeson Willya Douglas-de-Oliveira, Patrícia Furtado Gonçalves, and Mayara Aparecida Moreira da Silva
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Counseling ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Test group ,Joint Dislocations ,Oral health ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Disc displacement ,Quality of life ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,medicine ,Humans ,In patient ,General Dentistry ,Psychological disability ,business.industry ,Significant difference ,030206 dentistry ,Temporomandibular Joint Disorders ,Social disability ,Exercise Therapy ,stomatognathic diseases ,Quality of Life ,Physical therapy ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two types of treatment (counselling programme versus counselling programme plus jaw exercises) to improve the quality of life of patients with disc displacement with reduction (DDWR). MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients were divided into two groups. The test group received guidelines for temporomandibular disorders (TMD) plus jaw exercises for DDWR, and the control group received only guidelines for TMD. The total number of investigated patients was 70, thus 35 per group. The oral health-related quality of life was assessed by the OHIP-14 questionnaire. Both groups were evaluated at the baseline and 30 days post-treatment. RESULTS In the counselling group, there was statistically significant decrease in pain (P = .015) and social disability (P = .046) subscales. In the counselling plus jaw exercise group, there was statistically significant decrease in all subscales (P
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- 2020
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