Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between either craniofacial or systemic symptoms and the gravity fluctuation area.Materials and Methods: One hundred and five volunteers (72 males and 33 females; mean age 24.4±4.0) without symptoms of temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD) were examined for craniofacial and systemic symptoms (14 items); the subjects' gravity fluctuation areas were also measured. The volunteers were divided into six groups according to the range of their gravity fluctuation area. The relationship between the symptom score and gravity fluctuation area was thus evaluated.Results: The mean craniofacial and systemic symptom score was 0.8±1.5. The mean symmetrical conditions score was 3.3±1.0, and the mean TMD symptoms score was 1.6±1.3.Conclusion: No significant difference was observed between the craniofacial or systemic symptoms score and the gravity fluctuation area; however, the groups with a large gravity fluctuation area did tend to develop dizziness, headache, lumbago, masseter muscle pain, and malocclusion.
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