Myofascial headaches in persons with malocclusion
The study involved 210 people with various abnormality of bite and 92 people without such disorders. It was revealed that in the patients with malocclusion myofascial headaches occur twice as often (in 67% of the patients with abnormal bite and in 35% of the patients without malocclusion) and are more pronounced than in those c normal occlusion. The intensity of index of chewing muscles muscular syndrome in patients with complex malocclusions is 2,5 times higher than in those with normal occlusion.