Table 3.

Dental and orofacial findings in the 687 patients with clinical relevance for their subjective complaints

Relevant dental or orofacial finding1	Frequency (%)2
No relevant dental or orofacial finding	41.6
Functional symptoms (e.g., oral parafunctional habits, bruxism, pain of the masticatory muscles or in the temporomandibular joint)	22.0
Orofacial diseases (e.g., anomalies of the tongue, oral lichen planus, lichenoid contact reactions)	17.5
Mechanical irritations (e.g., insufficient margins of fixed dental prostheses or insufficient hold or swaying upon pressure of removable dental prostheses)	14.4
Plaque-related symptoms (e.g., gingivitis)	10.6
Tooth-related symptoms (e.g., dental caries, tooth or root fractures, periodontal defects)	9.9
Manufacturing faults (e.g., corrosion spots, shrink holes, solder points or perforations)	6.6

¹All relevant dental and orofacial findings of the 687 patients are listed

²100% = 687 patients, multiple entries per patient were possible

For more details, the reader may be kindly referred to the previous publication focusing on dental and orofacial findings with clinical relevance for the subjective complaints expressed by 625 patients claiming adverse effects from dental materials [11]