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Table 1 Prevalence (%) of signs and symptoms of TMD in different epidemiological studies on children and adolescents

From: Signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders and oral parafunctions in urban Saudi arabian adolescents: a research report

Investigator

Population

Subjects

Signs %

Symptoms %

  

Sample Size

Females

Males

Age

  

Siebert 1975[45]

Germany

232

-

-

12–16

62–80

-

Grosfeld et al 1977[42]

Poland

250

133

117

13–15

68*‡

10

Williamson 1977[43]

US

304

175

129

6–16

35

-

Nilner 1981[17]

Sweden

440

218

222

7–14

64

36

  

309

162

147

15–18

55

41

Egermark-Eriksson[25] 1982

Sweden

131

61

70

11

46

67

  

135

59

76

15

61

74

Gazit et al 1984[30]

Israel

369

181

188

10–18

44‡

56

Ogura et al 1985[21]

Japan

2198

1103

1095

10–18

9.8*

Dibbets 1985[24]

Holland

165

94

71

7–19

21

19

Grosfeld et al 1985[29]

Poland

400

203

197

15–18

68.2‡

-

Wanman et al 1986[33]

Sweden

285

139

146

17

56

20

Jamsa et al 1988[26]

Finland

109

-

-

10

41

-

  

147

-

-

15

42

-

Motegi et al 1992[22]

Japan

7337

4118

3219

6–18

12.2

12.2

Keeling et al 1994[44]

USA

3428

-

-

6–12

10

-

Deng et al 1995[20]

China

634

326

308

12–15

21.9

-

  

905

424

481

16–19

15.9

-

Abdel-Hakim 1996[38]

S. Arabia

330

136

194

14–21

-

32

Al Amoudi et al 1998[5]

S. Arabia

502

267

235

3–7

16.5

-

Farsi N. 1999[6]

S. Arabia

696

-

-

6–14

17.1

14.1

Thilander et al 2002[23]

Bogota

1441

756

685

13–17

25

11.4

Farsi N. 2003[7]

S. Arabia

734

420

314

12–15

20.2

31.1

Feteih 2005 †

S. Arabia

385

230

155

12–16

21.3

34

  1. * Signs + symptoms
  2. ‡ Stethoscope was used
  3. † Present Study.