%0 Journal Article %T Female hormones fluctuation and chewing movement of patients with disc displacement %A Oliveira %A Jonas Alves de %A Gon£¿alves %A Tha¨ªs Marques Simek Vega %A Vilanova %A Larissa Soares Reis %A Ambrosano %A Glaucia Maria Bovi %A Garcia %A Renata Cunha M. Rodrigues %J Revista Odonto Ci¨ºncia %D 2012 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S1980-65232012000100004 %X purpose: this study aimed to verify the influence of hormonal fluctuations on chewing movement in women with disc displacement (dd). methods: fourteen women with dd taking oral contraceptives (oc); 12 dd-free controls taking oc; 12 normally cycling women with dd; and 14 dd-free normally cycling women were included. the research diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders diagnosed dd, and subjects without pain were selected. chewing movements were recorded using a kinesiograph. dependent variables were: vertical, lateral, and anterior-posterior amplitudes (mm), opening and closing velocity (mm/s), which was evaluated in 4 phases of 3 menstrual cycles, identified by ovulation test. data were submitted to mauchly's sphericity test, proc mixed for repeated measures, and tukey-kramer test (p ¡Ü 0.05). results: comparisons among menstrual cycle phases showed no differences in vertical (p = 0.25), lateral (p = 0.12), and anterior-posterior amplitudes (p = 0.61); as well as opening (p = 0.57) or closing velocity (p = 0.73). the oc use or presence of dd did not influence the variables (p > 0.05). conclusion: hormonal fluctuation did not influence chewing mandibular movement of women with dd. %K mastication %K jaw movements %K temporomandibular joint disc %K menstrual cycle. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1980-65232012000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en