ASSESMENT OF PREVALANCE AND SEVERITY OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS IN NORTH CYPRUS DENTISTRY STUDENTS

Purpose: the purpose of this study is to determine the prevalance and severity of temporomandibular joint disorders (tmjd) in dentistry students. subjects and method: 206 male and 203 female total of 409 students of near east university faculty of dentistry were evaluated. an online questionnaire of fonseca was sent to the students via e-mail and requested to be filled voluntarily. samples were investigated by means of fonseca’s questionnaire criteria. results: according to the results of the questionnaire, 56.5% of the participated students showed some level of tmjd and female students were affected more than male students (p≤0.05). conclusion: our findings showed that near east university faculty of dentistry students have high prevalance of tmjd and it is seen higher in women. stress is thought to play a major role in the occurrence or increase in severity of tmjd. however, more studies are required to identify risk factors associated with tmjd to establish measures for prevention and treatment.