Introduction. The most common nondental orofacial pain conditions are temporomandibular disorders (TMDs). TMD basic examination and clinical management are included in a curriculum of each dentistry programme taught in Poland, but it is not clear how the dentists cope with diagnosis and possible treatment in their routine dental practices. The objective of the present study was to assess a level of self-perceived knowledge of TMD amongst dentists in Poland. Materials and methods. The participants, of whom all studied and graduated from a Polish university, were randomly selected from dental offices in Krakow (Poland). The selected dentists were administered an anonymous questionnaire, which contained questions measuring self-assessment of knowledge of TMD diagnosis and therapy and assessing knowledge of ethology and TMD symptoms. Results. Only 6.5% of the participants identified their TMD knowledge as very good, 32.3% assessed it as good, 39.3% thought it was sufficient, 20.4% as insufficient, and 1.49% considered it as poor. 9.4% of all participants have attempted to diagnose and treat TMD patients very often, 26.4% declared performing it often, 45.8% rarely, and 18.4% had never made such an attempt. There was a significant relationship between the dentists’ knowledge and their attempts at diagnosing and treating TMD patients (). Conclusion. The level of TMD knowledge amongst the Polish dentists is still insufficient. Raising its level would considerably help the dentists to refer their patients to right specialists for a diagnosis and TMD treatment and/or interdisciplinary management of TMD patients.

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自我认知的牙医对克拉科夫颞下颌疾病的了解：一项初步研究。

引言。最常见的非牙齿口腔疼痛是颞下颌关节疾病（TMD）。在波兰讲授的每个牙科课程的课程中都包含TMD基本检查和临床管理，但是目前尚不清楚牙医在日常牙科实践中如何应对诊断和可能的治疗。本研究的目的是评估波兰牙医对TMD的自我认知水平。材料和方法。参与者都是波兰大学克拉科夫牙科诊所的参与者，他们全都在波兰大学学习并毕业。对选定的牙医进行匿名问卷调查，其中包含一些问题，这些问题用于衡量对TMD诊断和治疗知识的自我评估，以及评估行为学和TMD症状的知识。结果。只有6.5％的参与者认为他们的TMD知识非常好，32.3％的人认为他们的知识很好，39.3％的人认为足够，20.4％的人认为不够，1.49％的人认为知识很差。在所有参与者中，有9.4％尝试过频繁地诊断和治疗TMD患者，有26.4％的人声称经常进行TMD的治疗，有45.8％的人很少这样做，而18.4％的人从未尝试过。牙医的知识与他们诊断和治疗TMD患者的尝试之间存在显着的联系（）。 结论。波兰牙医对TMD的了解程度仍然不足。提高其水平将极大地帮助牙医将他们的患者推荐给合适的专家，以进行TMD患者的诊断和TMD治疗和/或跨学科管理。