Prevalence of temporomandibular disorders in postmenopausal women and relationship with pain and HRT

Prevalence of temporomandibular disorders in postmenopausal women and relationship with pain and HRT

Abstract The prevalence of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) is higher in females, reaching their high peak during reproductive years, probably because of the action of some female hormones, which alter pain threshold. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of TMD in postmenopausal women and...

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Main Authors: Victor Ricardo Manuel Muñoz LORA, Giancarlo De la Torre CANALES, Leticia Machado GONÇALVES, Carolina Beraldo MELOTO, Celia Marisa Rizzatti BARBOSA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
Subjects:
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
Epidemiology
Postmenopausa
Facial Pain
Estrogen Replacement Therapy
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242016000100278&lng=en&tlng=en

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