The Effect of Accompanying Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction in Patients With Chronic Migraine

Patients who applied to Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, headache outpatient clinic and were diagnosed with chronic migraine according to the International Headache Society Classification (ICHD-3), after the patient's history and physical examination, will be included in the study. Date of birth, gender, education level, body mass index, occupation, marital status, socioeconomic status, age of onset of migraine complaints, descriptive information about migraine attacks (type (with or without aura), duration of attacks, mean number of days with pain) , pain intensity, accompanying) will be questioned. In addition, patients with complaints and findings such as pain in the temporomandibular joint area and chewing muscles, limitation in mouth opening, noise from the joint during mouth opening and/or non-harmonic jaw movements will be evaluated by Alper Mengi in terms of temporomandibular joint dysfunction. A total of 62 patients are planned to be included in the study. In the study, 2 groups will be formed, the first group will consist of chronic migraine patients, the second group will consist of patients with chronic migraine as well as temporomandibular joint dysfunction. All patients will be evaluated for allodynia, quality of life, headache-related disability, and sleep quality. Relevant forms will be filled by patients. Patients who are thought to have temporomandibular joint dysfunction will be evaluated by Alper Mengi for dysfunction.