Abstract

LAO GALLARDO, William  and  SOBALVARRO MOJICA, Karen. Hospital discharge due to temporomandibular joint disorder from 1997 to 2013, CCSS. Odontología Vital [online]. 2016, n.24, pp.15-20. ISSN 1659-0775.

The following descriptive study analyzes reported cases of temporomandibular disease disorder, according to the database of registered hospital discharged from the Health Statistics Area of the Costa Rican Social Security occurred during the years 1997 to 2013, which analyzed the behavior of the epidemiological variables of time, place and person; frequency measurements and nonparametric statistics. The purpose of this article is to investigate the mix of case that would give the professional in dentistry, a tool for early diagnosis which contributes to the individual establishment of prevention and intervention of risk factors detected. A total of 167 cases of temporomandibular joint disorder were recorded according to the International Classification of Diseases ICD-10. The ratio from the obtained results was 2.71 females for every male graduate with temporomandibular joint disorder. Age rate obtained predominance in the population of 20-44 years being 5.63 X 100.00 inhabitants and a relative risk for this same group of 10.64 and the rate per geographical location in our country was 8.37 per 100,000 inhabitants, this for the case of the Limon province.

Keywords : Key words; Temporomandibular join disorder; epidemiology.

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