This study was directed to clinical and pscychosomatic analysis in the temporomandibular disorder patients and control group, using various test batteries, such at temporomandibular disorder chart, social readjustment rating scale, coping
strategies of
Weisman, a global assessment of recent stress scale of Linn, Zung's self-rating scale of depression and MMIP. 67 subjects (33 of TMD patients and 34 of controls) who visited our dept, were evaluated and analyzed through SPSS program.
@ES The obtained results were as follows:
@EN 1. T.M.D. patients include3d more female than male and mean age was below 20 years old, eduction level was generally low and had many students & housewives.
2. A half of the T.M.D. patients had combined diseases, two-third had precipitating factor and all and two or three type of clinical symptom.
3. In T.M.D. patients there were no significant difference n psychosomatic analysis whether they had any preciptating factor or not.
4. In the T.M.D. patients, the group with combined diseases seemed to be more sensitive to interpersonal relationship, illness and to have higher tendency to depression than the group without combined diseases.
5. T.M.D. patients seemed to have more stress in SRRS, less responsive to the pressure from financial difficulties and unfamiliar with the three coping strategies, namely shared concern, redefinition, and acting-out.
6. T.M.D. patients had higher tendency to depression than control group in depression scale.
7. Regarding to scores of Hypochondriasis, Depression and Hysteria, T.M.D. patients showed significantly higher score than control group. It seems that T.M.D. patients had greater tendency to neurosis in MMPI.
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