GAMBARAN BUNYI SENDI TEMPOROMANDIBULAR PADA PASIEN RSGM UMY USIA REMAJA, DEWASA DAN LANSIA
Abstract
Background: Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) is a medical or dental
condition that affects the temporomandibular joint. Joint sound is one of the
clinical symptoms of TMD. Age, which is related to the etiology of TMD, is
classified as adolescence (17-25 years), adulthood (26-45 years) and elderly (46-
55 years).
Objective: To determine the descriptions ofthe temporomandibular joint sounds of the
RSGM UMY patients in age of adolescence, adulthood and elderly
Method: Observational descriptive with sampling using accidental sampling
technique. The population of this study were patients of the Dental and Oral
Hospital of the University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (RSGM UMY).It was
obtained 250 patients as samples who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria.The
temporomandibular joint sounds can be measured by palpation and auscultation.
Results: The results obtained from 250 patients examined were 124 people
(49.6%) experiencing joint sounds and 126 people (50.4%) did not experience
joint sounds. In the age of adolescence, 98 people (47.3%) experienced joint
sounds and 109 people (52.7%) did not experience joint sounds. For the
adulthood, 22 people (61.1%) experienced joint sounds and 14 people (38.9%)
did not experience joint sounds. As for the elderly as many as 4 people (57.1%)
experienced joint sounds and 3 people (42.9%) did not experience joint sounds.
Conclusion: The percentage of patients who experience joint sounds is 49.6%, where
patients who experience joint sounds are most commonly found in adolescent patients