Self-Reported Mandibular Impairment and Cervical Pain Comorbidity in Undergraduate Dental Students
Luciana Paula Benício Arcas,
Letícia Messias Marques Pinto,
Ana Laura Sebben Fornari Moromizato,
Jean Soares Miranda,
João Paulo Mendes Tribst,
Marina Amaral
Affiliations
Luciana Paula Benício Arcas
Department of Dentistry, University of Taubaté, Rua dos Operários, 9, Taubaté 12020-340, SP, Brazil
Letícia Messias Marques Pinto
Department of Dentistry, University of Taubaté, Rua dos Operários, 9, Taubaté 12020-340, SP, Brazil
Ana Laura Sebben Fornari Moromizato
Department of Dentistry, University of Taubaté, Rua dos Operários, 9, Taubaté 12020-340, SP, Brazil
Jean Soares Miranda
Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF)—Campus Governador Valadares—Rua São Paulo, 745—Centro, Governador Valadares 35010-180, MG, Brazil
João Paulo Mendes Tribst
Department of Oral Regenerative Medicine, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Marina Amaral
Department of Dentistry, University of Taubaté, Rua dos Operários, 9, Taubaté 12020-340, SP, Brazil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of co-existence of self-reported mandibular functional impairment and cervical pain in the same individuals. Participants answered a validated Mandibular Functional Impairment Questionnaire (MFIQ) and also indicated in a schematic map the region of cervical pain when it was reported. The frequency of cervical pain in participants with or without mandibular functional was compared with Chi-squared test. The final evaluated population consisted of 80 participants, 28 men (35%) and 52 women (65%), with ages ranging between 18 and 55 years (median = 20). It was found that 43.75% (n = 35) reported cervical pain, 15% of participants reported some degree of mandibular impairment, and 11.25% presented the comorbidity. In conclusion, participants with mandibular impairment presented significantly more frequent cervical pain than participants without mandibular impairment.
