The temporomandibular joints disorders in patients with osteoporosis

摘要

Background: Osteoporosis is a skeletal and progressive behavioral disease with physically and psychologicallysignificant consequences.Aims of the Study: Evaluate the presence and effects of Temporomandibular Joints Disorders in osteoporoticpatients.Materials and Methods: Fifty‑eight (58) patients with osteoporosis participated in this study as they werealready diagnosed by Rheumatologists, physical and sport Rehabilitation physicians in Merjan Medical city/Babylon – Iraq between period February and August 2019.Results: Twenty‑seven (27) patients with T. M. J clicking as anterior disk displacements, Seventeen (17)patients with spasm in muscles of mastication, and then finally Fourteen (14) out of 58 patients withsubluxation and dislocation.Conclusions: Osteoporosis can have a significant impact on oral health.