COMPARING PROSPECTIVE AND RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATIONS OF TEMPOMANDIBULAR DISORDERS AFTER ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY

Authors
SCOTT BA CLARK GM HATCH JP VANSICKELS J RUGH JD
Citation
Ba. Scott et al., COMPARING PROSPECTIVE AND RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATIONS OF TEMPOMANDIBULAR DISORDERS AFTER ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY, The Journal of the American Dental Association, 128(7), 1997, pp. 999-1003
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
The Journal of the American Dental Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00028177
Volume
128
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
999 - 1003
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8177(1997)128:7<999:CPAREO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The authors conducted a study to document agreement between prospectiv e examinations performed by trained clinical trial examiners and retro spective surgical chart reviews in identifying signs and symptoms of t emporomandibular disorders, or TMD. Only a small fraction of the signs and symptoms identified by clinical trial examiners were documented i n the surgical charts. Studies relying on retrospective chart reviews may seriously underestimate signs and symptoms of TMD.