-Abstract-
Personality characteristics of TMD patients was studied through the SCL-90-R. Ill
patients were subjected at the Orofacial Pain Clinic, Dept. of Oral Medicine, PNUH, from
1991 to 1996.
All the TMD patients were divided and analyzied comparatively by the ways of
duration of present illness, severity of symptoms, associated symptoms, traumatic
contributing factor, history of treatment, treatment modality, response to therapy and
treatment outcomes.
The obtained results were as follows;
1. Mean value of T-scores on 9 basic scales in all the groups was within normal range.
2. There showed higher levels of T-scores in the chronic group, the unimproved group
and the discontinued group.
3. T-scores in the patients with severe symptom, associated symptoms, and history of
treatment revealed higher.
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