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| Title |
Professional School Students Are Less Likely To Have TMD Pain Than Undergraduate Students Shown in a Study of Saudi Arabian Women |
| Clinical Question |
Are students in college or professional school more likely to have TMD pain than undergraduate students? |
| Clinical Bottom Line |
Are students in college or professional school more likely to have TMD pain than undergraduate students? |
| Best Evidence |
(you may view more info by clicking on the PubMed ID link) |
| PubMed ID |
Author / Year |
Patient Group |
Study type
(level of evidence) |
| #1) 9888230 | Zulgamin/1998 | 705 female university students of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Meta-analysis | | Key results | Responses showed that professional students had less TMD pain and were clinically significant for jaw noise (P<0.05), pain in the front of the ear (P<0.05), tooth grinding (P<0.05), menstrual periods affecting pain (P<0.001), and chewing habits affecting pain (P<0.001). | |
| Evidence Search |
temporomandibular[All Fields] AND ("pain"[MeSH Terms] OR "pain"[All Fields]) AND college[All Fields] AND ("students"[MeSH Terms] OR "students"[All Fields]) |
Comments on
The Evidence |
705 female university students were analyzed and their temporomandibular dysfunction symptoms were recorded. The gold standard that was used is acceptable and was measured blind to the target test. I believe an adequate spectrum of disease severity was questioned and the gold standard was used on all patients. There were no competing interests. A meta-analysis of 705 patients was done showing the evidence to be of high quality.
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| Applicability |
This study was done on all female university students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This study shows that undergraduate students should be screened for TMD issues more often than graduate/professional school students because they are more likely to have TMD issues. The applicability of this study is limited by the sample that was used. |
| Specialty/Discipline |
(General Dentistry) (Dental Hygiene) |
| Keywords |
TMD, Pain, College Students
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| ID# |
2453 |
| Date of submission: |
03/12/2013 |
| E-mail |
fortryanm@gmail.com; fort@livemail.uthscsa.edu |
| Author |
Ryan M. Fort |
| Co-author(s) |
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| Co-author(s) e-mail |
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| Faculty mentor/Co-author |
Edward F. Wright, DDS, MS |
| Faculty mentor/Co-author e-mail |
WrightE2@uthscsa.edu |
Basic Science Rationale
(Mechanisms that may account for and/or explain the clinical question, i.e. is the answer to the clinical question consistent with basic biological, physical and/or behavioral science principles, laws and research?) |
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Comments and Evidence-Based Updates on the CAT
(FOR PRACTICING DENTISTS', FACULTY, RESIDENTS and/or STUDENTS COMMENTS ON PUBLISHED CATs) |
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