The risk of temporomandibular disorder in patients with depression: a population-based cohort study

Abstract

This study demonstrates that patients with depression are at an elevated risk of developing TMD.

Association of temporomandibular disorder symptoms with anxiety and depression in Portuguese college students

“…Spasm of the masticatory muscles is a painful symptom in TMD and is caused by muscle distension, contraction, or fatigue due to the presence of parafunctional habits such as bruxism and onychophagia (2,3,5). Several studies, in different populations, have shown that these habits are triggered or aggravated by emotional stress (2,(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10). Evidence indicates that myofascial pain and functional somatic syndromes such as fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome are comorbidities of the muscular pain that may be due to psychosocial factors.…”

Aspectos clínicos e psicossociais avaliados por critérios de diagnóstico para disfunção temporomandibular

“…The studies, however, do not conclude whether TMD is a predisposing factor for depression, or depression predisposes the emergence of TMD. In a study, individuals with depression were 2.65 times more likely to develop TMD compared with the group without depression 26 . The use of RDC/TMD Axis II is considered a reliable and valid indicator of depression, somatization and psychosocial disorder in response to pain, because although it does not provide a psychiatric diagnosis, it gives initial scientific support to validate the clinical decision-taking based on evidence 17,18 .…”

Disfunção temporomandibular e dor craniocervical em profissionais da área da enfermagem sob estresse no trabalho

“…Besides that, depression increases the perception of pain, which can be linked to the appearance of chronic symptomatology 27 and be predisposing factor for TMD. A study showed that individuals with depression presented 2.65 times more chances of developing TMD when compared to the group without depression 28 . Somatization on RDC/TMD is known as NSPS.…”