Table 1

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

* Signs + symptoms

‡ Stethoscope was used

† Present Study.

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