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Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the gender and age distributions of patients admitted to our clinic with complaints in Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) region from Sanlıurfa and its around cities. Methods: The patients who referred to the Department of Oral  and Maxillofacial Surgery of Harran University Faculty of Dentistry between January 2017 – January 2019 were included in this study. 223 women (74.08 %), 78 men (25.92 %) patients’ information charts  were recorded  as age, gender and kind of TME disease. Results: According to the results obtained, the majority of the patients admitted to our clinic with TME complaint were in the  30 years and under age group and women. When the distribution of the patients according to the primary diagnoses is considered, the most common disease is Bruxism and the female male age ratio is found to be significantly different in favor of female predominance only in Bruxism and Osteoarthritis patients and also female predomance can be seen in all TMJ disease groups. Conclusion: In Şanlıurfa and surrounding cities, the majority of TME patients are individuals who were under 30 years of age and women. Bruksizm is the most common TME region disease. There is no difference in the distribution of age groups among Bruxizm, Disc Displacement With Reduction, Disc Displacement Without Reduction and Osteoarthritis disease groups.