Research Article

The Prevalence of Temporomandibular Disorders and Dental Attrition Levels in Patients with Posterior Crossbite and/or Deep Bite: A Preliminary Prospective Study

Table 6

Comparison of initial diagnoses with reevaluation.

Diagnoses at reevaluationInitial diagnosis
TMD-freeTMD painDDMixed group

Initial diagnosesTMD-freeCount25a, b0b4a, b3a32
% within initial diagnosis78.1%0.0%12.5%9.4%100.0%
TMD painCount22a, b5b1a0a, b28
% within initial diagnosis78.6%17.9%3.6%0.0%100.0%
DDCount15a0a6a0a21
% within initial diagnosis71.4%0.0%28.6%0.0%100.0%
Mixed groupCount11a2a5a1a19
% within initial diagnosis57.9%10.5%26.3%5.3%100.0%

TotalCount737164100
% within initial diagnosis73.0%7.0%16.0%4.0%100.0%

TMD = temporomandibular disorders; pain = pain = painful TMD; DD = disc displacement; mixed TMD = DD + pain. a, bEach subscript letter denotes a subset at reevaluation categories whose column proportions do not differ significantly from each other at the 0.05 level with Bonferroni correction. So, a is a significantly different proportion comparing to b proportion with Bonferroni correction. a, bProportions are overlapped.