Association of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders with Habitual Sleeping Body Posture and Nasal Septal Deviation

Abstract

The present study aimed to evaluate the long term results of our previous study. In the previous study, we found that temporomandibular joint disorders(TMJDs) are related to habitual prone sleeping position and nasal septal deviation. Of 200 participants 104 patients were diagnosed as TMJD. After five years we evaluated 101 of 104 patients by means of TMJD sympthoms. By these years 27 of 65 patients with nasal septal deviation had gone to septoplasty. And we saw that 24 of this 27 improved (88.8%). Additionally, 27 of 50 patients who changed their habitual sleeping position also improved (54%). This study showed that correcting nasal septal deviation and habitual prone sleeping position improves temporomandibular joint disorder sympthoms.