Research Article
Craniofacial Morphology of Orthodontic Patients with and without Temporomandibular Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Demographic and occlusal characteristics of patients with and without TMDs.
| | | Total | No TMD | TMD | -value |
| Number | (n (%)) | 262 (100.0) | 124 (47.3) | 138 (52.7) | |
| Age | (years, mean ± SD) | 21.20 ± 7.11 | 19.46 ± 7.44 | 22.76 ± 6.44 | <0.001 |
| Age stratification | <18 years (n (%)) | 90 (34.4) | 60 (48.4) | 30 (21.7) | | ≥18 years (n (%)) | 172 (65.6) | 64 (51.6) | 108 (78.3) | |
| Gender | Male (n (%)) | 91 (34.7) | 47 (37.9) | 44 (31.9) | 0.307 | Female (n (%)) | 171 (65.3) | 77 (62.1) | 94 (68.1) |
| Angle’s classification | Angle class I (n (%)) | 103 (39.3) | 51 (41.2) | 52 (37.7) | 0.019 | Angle class II (n (%)) | 97 (37.0) | 53 (42.7) | 44 (31.9) | Angle class III (n (%)) | 62 (23.7) | 20 (16.1) | 42 (30.4) |
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Independent samples t-test and chi-squared test were used. TMD: temporomandibular disorder, SD: standard deviation. |