{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,21]],"date-time":"2026-02-21T11:04:32Z","timestamp":1771671872097,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Nepal Health Research Council","issue":"3","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,13]],"date-time":"2019-11-13T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1573603200000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["J Nepal Health Res Counc"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Background: Temporo-mandibular disorders is a collective term used to describe problems involving muscles of mastication and temporomandibular joint. The study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of temporo-mandibular disorders and its association with parafunctional habits in patients visiting department of dentistry, Patan Academy of Health Sciences.Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 213 patients coming to Patan Academy of Health Sciences. A screening questionnaire recommended by American Association of Orofacial Pain was used to determine the signs and symptoms of temporo-mandibular disorders.Results: The prevalence of temporomandibular disorders was 31.9 %. The three most common parafunctional habits were chewing gums (32.4 %), mouth breathing (19.7 %) and biting of objects (14.6 %) respectively. Statistically significant association was found between nail biting, grinding of teeth, biting of lips and objects and mouth breathing with signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders (p&lt;0.05). Among the signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders, getting headaches, neck pain or toothaches often was the most frequent signs of temporomandibular disorders (n=105, 49.3 %). Feeling of recent change in bite was the second most frequent sign reported by 82 participants (38.5 %).Conclusions: The parafunctional habits between nail biting, grinding of teeth, biting of lips and objects and mouth breathing have statistically significant association with signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders. Keywords: AAOP; parafunctional habits; prevalence; TMDs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.33314\/jnhrc.v17i3.2126","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,5]],"date-time":"2020-08-05T21:15:47Z","timestamp":1596662147000},"page":"376-381","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Prevalence of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders and its Association with Para Functional Habits in the Patients Attending Tertiary Care Hospital"],"prefix":"10.33314","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Rajib","family":"Chaulagain","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anjana","family":"Maharjan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"18778","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,13]]},"container-title":["Journal of Nepal Health Research Council"],"original-title":[],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,5]],"date-time":"2020-08-05T21:15:47Z","timestamp":1596662147000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/jnhrc.com.np\/index.php\/jnhrc\/article\/view\/2126"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,13]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,14]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.33314\/jnhrc.v17i3.2126","relation":{},"ISSN":["1999-6217","1727-5482"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1999-6217","type":"electronic"},{"value":"1727-5482","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,13]]}}}