Table 4.
Association between symptoms and signs of temporomandibular disorder (TMD)
| Variable | Signs of TMD | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clicking | Crepitation | TMJ tenderness | Muscle tenderness | |||||
| CLCPI | CLWP | CLCPI | CLWP | CLCPI | CLWP | CLCPI | CLWP | |
| Symptoms of TMD | ||||||||
| Pain/tiredness in masticatory muscles | NS | NS | NS | – | 0.009* | 0.030* | 0.002* | NS |
| Joint noise | NS | 0.004* | NS | – | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| Joint sticking | NS | 0.005* | NS | – | NS | NS | 0.003* | NS |
CLCPI, children living in child protection institutions; CLWP, children living with their parents; NS, no significant association; TMJ, temporomandibular joint.
*
indicates significant positive association (P < 0.05, chi-square test).