Prevalence of temporomandibular disorder in children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis – a Norwegian cross- sectional multicentre study

Table 4 Clinical signs and pain at palpation according to DMARDs in 221 participants with JIA

	Current sDMARDs and/or bDMARDs		No current sDMARDs and/or bDMARDs		p-value^*
	n	n (%)	n	n (%)	p-value^*
Vertical unassisted jaw movement (> 40 mm)	146	113 (77.4)	75	62 (82.7)	0.361
Painful palpation to masticatory muscles & TMJ	145	80 (72.1)	75	31 (41.3)	0.052
Painful palpation to masticatory muscles	143	62 (43.4)	74	25 (33.8)	0.173
Painful palpation at the TMJ lateral pole	145	49 (33.8)	75	15 (20.0)	0.033
Painful palpation at the TMJ around lateral pole	145	56 (38.6)	75	19 (25.3)	0.049

sDMARDs Synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic-drugs; methotrexate, mykofenolatmofetil, bDMARDs Biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic- drugs; etanercept, infliximab, adalimumab, tocilizumab, abatacept, certolizumab, golimumab, TMJ temporomandibular joint, * Chi-square test

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