ABSTRACT
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of parents’ divorce on temporomandibular disor ders (TMDs) and quality of life in adolescents. Methods: The study was conducted with 200 patients (124 female, 76 male), 98 of whom had married parents, and 102 of whom had divorced parents. The mean age of the patients was 16.17 ± 1.42 years. The study was a questionnaire study, and Fonseca Questionnaire and Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) forms were used. Results: It was found that patients whose parents were divorced had higher mean Fonseca TMD and OHIP-14 scores than patients whose parents were married. There is no statistically significant difference between the Fonseca and OHIP-14 scores of females and males whose parents were divorced and married. Conclusion: The adolescents whose parents were divorced had statistically significantly higher means of the Fonseca TMD and OHIP-14 scores than those with married parents, and these adolescents had a higher rate of having moderate Fonseca TMD.
Keywords: Fonseca’s questionnaire, oral health, quality of life, divorced parents, temporomandibular joint dis orders
Fonseca’s questionnaire oral health quality of life divorced parents temporomandibular joint dis orders
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Dentistry |
Journal Section | Research Articles |
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Publication Date | July 14, 2022 |
Submission Date | October 18, 2021 |
Published in Issue | Year 2022 Volume: 32 Issue: 3 |
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