Abstract
BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis is a skeletal and progressive behavioral disease with physically and psychologically significant consequences. AIMS OF THE STUDY: Evaluate the presence and effects of Temporomandibular Joints Disorders in osteoporotic patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty-eight (58) patients with osteoporosis participated in this study as they were already diagnosed by Rheumatologists, physical and sport Rehabilitation physicians in Merjan Medical city/Babylon - Iraq between period February and August 2019. RESULTS: Twenty-seven (27) patients with T. M. J clicking as anterior disk displacements, Seventeen (17) patients with spasm in muscles of mastication, and then finally Fourteen (14) out of 58 patients with subluxation and dislocation. CONCLUSIONS: Osteoporosis can have a significant impact on oral health.