CRANIO® The Journal of Craniomandibular & Sleep Practice ISSN: (Print) (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ycra20 Comparative analysis of education, awareness, and knowledge of dentists and physical therapists in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders Junhel Dalanon,, Raul B. Ugalde,, Leonedes D. Catibod,, John Michael L Macaso,, Kazuo Okura, & Yoshizo Matsuka, To cite this article: Junhel Dalanon,, Raul B. Ugalde,, Leonedes D. Catibod,, John Michael L Macaso,, Kazuo Okura, & Yoshizo Matsuka, (2020): Comparative analysis of education, awareness, and knowledge of dentists and physical therapists in the treatment of temporomandibular disorders, CRANIO®, DOI: 10.1080/08869634.2020.1786332 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/08869634.2020.1786332 Published online: 28 Jun 2020. 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Catibod, PTRP, MScSPc, John Michael L Macaso, PTRP, MScSPc, Kazuo Okura, DDS, PhDb and Yoshizo Matsuka, DDS, PhD b aSchool of Dentistry, Southwestern University PHINMA, Cebu, Philippines; bDepartment of Stomatognathic Function and Occlusal Reconstruction, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan; cCollege of Rehabilitative Sciences, Southwestern University PHINMA, Cebu, Philippines; dDepartment of Physical Therapy, Loma Linda University School of Allied Health Professions, Loma Linda, CA, USA ABSTRACT KEYWORDS Objective: To compare the education, awareness, and knowledge of Filipino dentists and physical Temporomandibular therapists (PTs) in terms of temporomandibular disorders (TMDs). disorders; dentists; physical Methods: A 30-item structured online questionnaire was given to recruited PTs and dentists from therapists; disease awareness; knowledge January 2019 to December 2019. Welch’s t-test was used to compare the education, awareness, assessment and knowledge of health professionals. Brown-Forsythe and Welch ANOVA with Games-Howell post hoc were used to compare test scores across the knowledge components. Results: Of the 620 professionals, 46.67% dentists and 6.38% PTs had training in TMD. Professionals with more years of experience and who had previous TMD training were more aware of TMD management. Both dentists and PTs showed the lowest knowledge in TMD pathophysiology. Discussion: This study showed high awareness but low education and knowledge of Filipino dentists and PTs in TMD management. Improving the educational curriculum and refining the training given by accredited professional organizations is suggested. Introduction these disorders can be classified into simple or complex and acute or chronic. Persistence and accompanying cog- Clinical problems that involve the temporomandibular nitive, behavioral, and psychosocial factors are linked with joint, adjacent hard and soft tissues, and the muscles of complex TMD. The chronicity of TMD worsens the prog- mastication, or an assortment of these problems are nosis of TMD, and interprofessional treatment is princi- called temporomandibular disorders (TMD) [1]. pally vital. A combination of psychologists, speech Discomfort in the masticatory muscles, diminished pathologists, primary care physicians, physical therapists movement of the mandible, pain in the temporoman- (PTs), and dentists are usually involved in the treatment of dibular joint (TMJ), accompanying noise upon use, and TMD [8]. Behavioral therapy, physical therapy (PT), and widespread pain in the surrounding muscles and fascia occlusal appliances are proven to be effective treatment of the jaw are some of the symptoms of TMD [2,3]. The modalities in TMD. Active or passive techniques may be work capability and socialization decrease in a person used by PTs in correcting the range of motion, muscle suffering from TMD, which is the most widespread coordination, strength, and relaxation. Ultrasound, elec- long-lasting orofacial pain disorder. More than 5% of trotherapy, low-level laser therapy, or iontophoresis may the population is considered to be suffering from TMD also be used as specialized PT for TMD [9]. Despite the [4], and 6–12% suffer from clinical indications of TMD weak evidence, PT is a proven treatment option for TMD [5]. Notwithstanding the 10% who suffer from TMD [10]. Prevention of degenerative factors on the TMJ can pain, only 3.6–7% will seek medical or dental help for also be accomplished using occlusal splints. Determining the treatment of this condition. These patients only seek the correct occlusal device requires consultation from help when the symptoms are too severe to handle [6]. a dentist [11]. The pain caused by TMD may also be Classification of the different categories of TMD is treated with the use of several classes of medications and based on the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular mainly based on expert opinion. Non-steroidal anti- Disorders (DC/TMD) [7]. According to the DC/TMD, CONTACT Junhel Dalanon [email protected] School of Dentistry, Southwestern University PHINMA.,Cebu City, Central Visayas 6000, Philippines © 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 2 J. DALANON ET AL. inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), muscle relaxants, and tri- Materials and methods cyclic antidepressants are just some of the drugs used for Study design the pharmacologic management of TMD [12–14]. In the Philippines, early diagnosis and treatment are This study used a cross-sectional comparative design done by dentists. Although orofacial pain is not sanctioned by the Institutional Review Board of a recognized dental specialty in the country, prostho- Southwestern University PHINMA. dontists and orthodontists fabricate occlusal splints. Additionally, oral and maxillofacial surgeons may per- Recruitment form surgery to correct the TMJ in rare instances [15]. Formal dental education in the Philippines started in Mixed methods were used to recruit participants for the 1903, and the Philippine Dental Association (PDA) study. A total of 620 health professionals were purpo- occasionally includes TMD management in confer- sively sampled, of whom, 470 were PTs, and 150 were ences. It is not until the first semester of the second dentists. Health professionals who are members of an year of dental education that TMD is introduced. From Accredited Professional Organization (APO) in the then on, TMJ and TMD are always discussed in most country and possess a professional license from the courses, e.g., Anatomy, Oral Physiology and Occlusion, Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) were consid- Prosthodontics, Orthodontics, Roentgenology, Oral ered in this study. The PDA and the PPTA are the APO Surgery, and others [16]. It was only on July 13 2016, of the Filipino dentists and the PTs, respectively; being when the first temporomandibular disorder and orofa- a member of these organizations was part of the inclusion cial pain program was initiated by the Orofacial Pain criteria. From January 2019 to December 2019, invita- Association of the Philippines (OPAP) at the University tions were sent by post, email, and personal conversa- of the Philippines. Currently, the OPAP training pro- tions. Prior to the first part of the questionnaire, gram is the only university-based program with a statement explaining the purpose and implications of a curriculum framed by the International Association the study was given. It was also explicitly stated that for the Study of Pain (IASP) [17]. participation of the survey was voluntary and that the In contrast, the diagnosis and treatment of TMD in participant could choose to stop responding at any point the Filipino Bachelor of Physical Therapy (BSPT) cur- in the process. Electronic signatures were used to verify riculum has not been well developed. It was only in the the consent of the participants. mid-1940s that PT began to be practiced in the Philippines. There are currently only four schools Questionnaire that offer post-professional degrees in PT, but none of them are related to the treatment of TMD. Of the A 30-item, structured online questionnaire was created 27,000 registered PTs in the country since 1969, there using Google Forms. The survey form contained 5 ques- are only 4470 currently practicing their profession tions pertaining to demographics and education, 5 on [18]. The concepts of the TMJ may be introduced as awareness of TMD, and 20 on knowledge of dentists and early as the first semester of the first year of PT educa- PTs regarding TMD. The knowledge section questions tion. TMD may be discussed in lectures or demonstra- of the online form were categorized into 5 queries on the tions in courses like Anatomy, Applied Anatomy and epidemiology of TMD, 5 on the pathophysiology of Kinesiology, and Internship [19]. The Philippine TMD, 5 on clinical features of TMD, and 5 on treatment Physical Therapist Association (PPTA) is the accre- as well as diagnosis of TMD. These questions were based dited professional organization of the PT in the on the TMD Fact Sheet of the International Association Philippines and occasionally renders seminars, for the Study of Pain. Completing the survey was pro- although the TMJ and TMD are rarely the topics of jected to last for about 10–20 minutes, on average. interest [20]. The education, awareness, and knowledge of the Data analysis health professionals implicated in the treatment of TMD are important in the success of dealing with the The association between the demographics and educa- condition. Currently, and to the knowledge of the tion-related information was analyzed using Fisher’s authors, there has been no record on the competence exact test at a 95% confidence interval. The data on of Filipino dentists and PTs in dealing with TMD. TMD awareness were compared using unpaired t-tests Therefore, the objective of this study was to compare with Welch correction. A similar statistical strategy was the education, awareness, and knowledge of dentists and used on the figures concerning TMD knowledge per PTs in the Philippines in terms of TMD. profession, training, and professional experience. TMD CRANIO®: THE JOURNAL OF CRANIOMANDIBULAR & SLEEP PRACTICE 3 knowledge per component was analyzed using a Brown- considered as Level 6. This includes professional Forsythe and Welch analysis of variance (ANOVA) test doctorates like the DDM or DMD and the DPT. with Games-Howell multiple comparisons test. Data On the contrary, professional doctorates like the were presented as mean ± SEM, unless otherwise speci- Ph.D. and Ed.D. are considered as Level 8 or doc- fied. All descriptive and inferential statistics were done toral degrees [15]. using GraphPad Prism 8. In terms of gender, the majority of the participants were females. The dentists were comprised of 60% females and 40% males, while the PTs were composed Results of 59.57% females and 40.43% males. Through Fisher’s exact test, there was no association found between gen- Demographics and education of the participants der and profession (p > 0.999) (Figure 1b). All 620 (100%) health professionals completed the The test for the relationship between professional questionnaire. Of this number, 470 were PTs, and experience and profession yielded significance 150 were dentists. A correlation (p < 0.001) between (p < 0.001). About 70 dentists (46.67%) had more than highest educational attainment and profession was 10 years of experience, and 80 (53.33%) had 1–10 years found, where 60% of dentists were Doctor of of experience. On the other hand, only 20 of the PTs Dental Medicine (DMD or DDM) degree holders (4.26%) had more than 10 years’ experience. and 40% were Masters or Ph.D. degree holders. In A preponderance of 450 of these PTs (95.74%) only contrast, 93.62% of the PTs were holders of the BSPT had 1–10 years of experience in their profession or a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree, while (Figure 1c). only 6.38% had graduate degrees (Figure 1a). Due to Eighty of the dentists (53.33%) had no TMD training, the Philippine Qualifications Framework (PQF), while 70 (46.67%) had formal or other training of some which was derived from the ASEAN Qualifications sort in TMD management. On the contrary, 440 of the Framework (AQF), all baccalaureate degrees are PTs (93.62%) had no training in TMD, and only 30 Figure 1. Association of profession with (A) highest educational attainment, (B) gender, (C) years of professional experience, and (D) TMD training in dentists and PTs. D = dentists; PT = physical therapists; B = bachelor’s degree (e.g. DMD, BSPT, DPT); G = graduate degree; F = female; M = male; NT = no training; T = with training; TMD = temporomandibular disorder. Note: ***< 0.001 calculated using Fisher’s exact test. 4 J. DALANON ET AL. (6.38%) had training. The acquisition of TMD training Knowledge of TMD by profession, training, and was found to have a connection with the profession professional experience (p < 0.001) (Figure 1d). According to the 20-item assessment of knowledge of TMD, dentists had a significantly higher score than PTs, Curricular and interprofessional management t(187.3) = 2.9, p = 0.03. With a possible highest score of awareness concerning TMD 20, the dentists scored 11.8 ± 0.3, while the PTs scored 10.85 ± 0.1 (Figure 3a). The TMD awareness of the dentists and PTs were com- Moreover, the health professionals who had acquired parable. The percentage of perceived awareness on any type of training in TMD had higher scores in the TMD was 89.3 ± 1.2, while it was slightly higher at test for knowledge concerning TMD, t(110.4) = 3.1, 89.4 ± 0.7 for PTs. There was no statistical difference p = 0.003. PTs or dentists who had TMD training scored between the TMD awareness of each profession, t 12.2 ± 0.4, while those who did not have any training (257) = 0.02, p = 0.983 (Figure 2a). scored just 10.9 ± 0.1 (Figure 3b). However, professionals who had undergone TMD The health providers with more than 10 years of training were found to have more awareness relating experience in their respective fields scored 12.2 ± 0.5. to TMD, t(261.6) = 7.6, p < 0.001. The percentage of Meanwhile, those who had only 1–10 years of relative perceived awareness of trained professionals was working experience as PTs or as dentists garnered 96.0 ± 0.8, while it was a mere 88.1 ± 0.7 for the a score of only 10.9 ± 0.1. The results showed that untrained health providers (Figure 2b). professionals with experience exceeding 10 years had Interestingly, the length of time pertaining to profes- higher scores than those with 10 years or less of experi- sional experience also affects TMD awareness. The ence, t(95.5) = 2.6, p =.010 (Figure 3c). health professionals who had extensive experience in Furthermore, the results of the study showed that their respective fields had a greater awareness of TMD, there was a statistically significant difference in the t(207.3) = 6.6, p < 0.001. The perceived awareness per- scores of the health professionals across the different centage of dentists and PTs who had worked for test components for TMD knowledge (F(3, 1–10 years was 88.3 ± 0.7, while, for those with more 2454) = 39.9, p < 0.001). At a possible perfect score of than 10 years of professional experience, it was 5, the Games-Howell post hoc test showed that test 95.6 ± 0.9 (Figure 2c). Figure 2. Comparison of perceived TMD awareness by (A) profession, (B) TMD training, and (C) years of professional experience. D = dentists; PT = physical therapists; NT = no training; T = with training; TMD = temporomandibular disorder. Note: ***< 0.001 calculated using unpaired t-tests with Welch’s correction. CRANIO®: THE JOURNAL OF CRANIOMANDIBULAR & SLEEP PRACTICE 5 Figure 3. Comparison of TMD knowledge by (A) profession, (B) TMD training, (C) years of professional experience, and (D) TMD knowledge component. D = dentists; PT = physical therapists; NT = no training; T = with training; TMD = temporomandibular disorder; E = epidemiology; P = pathophysiology; C = clinical features; D = diagnosis and treatment. Note: (A-C) ***< 0.001 calculated using Fisher’s exact test. (D) Calculated using Brown-Forsythe and Welch ANOVA test with Games-Howell’s multiple comparisons test. scores relating to clinical features (3.1 ± 0.05) were females over males [21]. The relative newness of PT as significantly higher than those for epidemiology an occupation in the Philippines may also be the reason (2.9 ± 0.04, p = 0.012), diagnosis and treatment there are more PTs with only 1–10 years of experience (2.7 ± 0.05, p < 0.001), and pathophysiology [18]. There were more dentists than PTs who were (2.4 ± 0.04, p < 0.001) (Figure 3d). trained in TMD management. Dental education, semi- nars from PDA, and the OPAP program are just some of the sources of information or workshops available Discussion [15,22]. On the other hand, while similar basic science courses are offered to PTs, they have no clinical intern- Overall findings of the study ships that are solely focused on TMD [19,20]. In the present study, 40% of the dentists had post- This study reported that both professionals are the professional degrees, while only 6.38% of PTs had same in terms of their level of TMD awareness. earned theirs. This is particularly critical, as specializing Recently, the Philippine educational system, through or pursuing a graduate degree has shown to increase the the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), capacity of health professionals in treating complex dis- adopted curriculums that promote a multidisciplinary eases. The majority of the PTs (59.57%) and dentists and interprofessional practice. This could be the reason (60%) in this study were females. Although there was no for the increased awareness of both PTs and dentists significance found between gender and profession, it is [22]. It is also interesting and logical to note that profes- not surprising to observe that Filipino families usually sionals who had undergone training in TMD had more send their children to collegiate education in favor of awareness that it is present in their curriculum. These 6 J. DALANON ET AL. health care providers were also aware that multidisci- Furthermore, the knowledge component that needed plinary and interprofessional collaborations are impor- the most improvement was pathophysiology. tant in attaining effective treatments for TMD. In Emphasizing this in future seminars and workshops training programs like the OPAP workshop, the curri- sanctioned by the PPTA and PDA may help improve culum is a derivative of the proposed course of the IASP the knowledge of these professionals in terms of TMD [17]. This study also revealed that health professionals pathophysiology. It is also important to modify the with more years of experience are more aware of TMD. DMD and BSPT curriculum to include an emphasis Even if experiences may not be directly related to the on the epidemiology and diagnosis of TMD. While the diagnosis and treatment of TMD, vicarious encounters clinical features of TMD were the strength of these with patients may help the health professional hone health providers, this needs to be maintained. Chronic good clinical judgment skills. An Italian study in 2001 pain is partly due to joint microenvironment and central found that awareness is increased by increasing the nervous system modification. Therefore, understanding experience of taking time to listen, evaluating the care the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment may be given, and reassuring patients with Alzheimer’s disease confounded [27]. [23]. Another study in China found that the lack of confidence may result from the lack of experience in Study limitations dealing with primary varicose veins. The resulting incompetence may contribute to the impending failure Despite having a response rate of 100%, the 480 PTs and of a treatment given [24]. Gadotti et al. [6] reported the 150 dentists were purposively sampled from thousands lack of confidence of American PTs in Florida and of dentists and PTs in the Philippines. In addition, insinuated the addition of ample training. neurosurgeons, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, ear In this study, Filipino dentists had more knowledge nose and throat doctors, and primary care physicians of TMD, as evidenced by the results of the 20-item test. are just some health professionals who were not The dentists scored 12 out of 20, while the PTs scored 10 included in the study. The questions that tested the out of 20. The results showed that these professionals knowledge of TMD were limited to 20 questions only. barely scored more than 50%. This may suggest the need Moreover, these questions were objectively structured to improve, augment, and emphasize the education of and directly framed. Problem-based questions or case these professionals in terms of TMD management. studies may be used to effectively test the participants. Similar findings were recorded in these health providers Since Google Forms is capable of embedding pictures in terms of TMD training, where those who had some and videos, this can be added to augment the testing sort of training acquired higher scores than those who dynamics. Similarly, the order of the questions can also did not. Moreover, dentists or PTs with more than be randomized to prevent the sharing of answers. In 10 years of experience scored more than those with relation to this, there is no restriction that can hinder less experience. The degree of experience incurred by a participant from searching for the answers online. a health provider may influence clinical decisions made The number of dentists was relatively low compared [25]. Prodoehl et al. [26] found that TMD diagnosis and to the sample of PTs. These may have implications in management are part of the curriculum in 98.8% of the the analysis and interpretation of the results. The overall entry-level programs offering PT in the United States of sample size could also be improved to increase the America. However, they also found that the number of power of the statistical tests. Some analyses in this hours devoted solely to TMD education was lacking. study combined participants from both professions. They further suggested that supplementary postgradu- Prospectively, separate analyses can be made to indivi- ate opportunities are needed. A review of the Philippine dual cohorts to compare them at different factors. The curriculum for PTs would reveal that TMD may be findings in this study should be interpreted with abso- discussed in only three courses. The internship program lute caution. also affords only a minor portion, or nothing at all, in contact hours dealing with TMD [19]. 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