“Presencia de alteraciones temporomandibulares mediante el índice fonseca. Hospital IESS, 2019.”

This research aimed to evaluate the presence and prevalence of temporomandibular alterations by applying the Fonseca index at the IESS Hospital in Riobamba. A descriptive and quantitative cross-sectional study was carried out applying a survey as a technique and a questionnaire as an instrument. the population was 100 patients, 60% of them had temporomandibular alterations, and 40% had no signs and symptoms. The most frequent symptoms were: tiredness when chewing, frequent headaches, neck pain, the feeling that the teeth fit poorly and the presence of nervousness. Determining a high incidence of patients presenting with temporomandibular alterations. It should be noted that this alteration is not the reason why patients came to dental care, but rather attended because of presenting other types of dental anomalies. It is important to indicate that the application of this test allowed patients to be offered a timely diagnosis, to avoid the presence and development of join alterations that lead to other types of pathologies.

• Yazar: Cynthia Cristina, Jaramillo Daquilema (author)
• Materyal Türü: bachelorThesis
• Dil: spa
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: 2020
• Konular: alteración; síntomas; índice; patologías
• Online Erişim: http://dspace.unach.edu.ec/handle/51000/6459