Pre-natal nutrition as risk factor for painful temporomandibular disorders and headaches in young adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the relationship between prenatal nutrition and the development of painful temporomandibular disorders (p-TMD) and headaches in offspring during young adulthood.

Background

p-TMD are a common source of chronic orofacial pain and are often comorbid with headaches. Dietary quality may influence chronic musculoskeletal pain, but its role on the development of p-TMD and headache is less known.

Methods

The study was conducted as a prospective longitudinal cohort study. Survey data from the Danish National Birth Cohort (DNBC) were analyzed. Data included prenatal nutritional information assessed using a healthy eating index (HEI) derived from a food frequency questionnaire collected between 1996 and 2002 and offspring's p-TMD and headache status at

SUBMITTER: Exposto CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12849538 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature