J Korean Pain Soc.
1995 Apr;8(1):86-92.
The Study for Treatment fo Temporo-mandibular Joint Pain
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- 1Yoido Pain Clinic, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Neuro-Pain Clinic, Sangye Paik Hospital, Inje University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Temporomandibular disorders typically present findings of limited or asymmetric patterns of jaw opening and joint sounds usually described as clicking, popping, grating, or crepitus. Recently, patients with temporomandibular disorders have received an increasingly aggressive treatment with a greater emphaais on surgical and dental reconstruction. Scientific studies have not clearly identified the specific causes of the temporomandibular disorders and therefore some of the treatments are empiric, without a firm scientific foundation. We carried out a study on the patients of pain clinic OPD and concluded that the causes of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain are the prolonged contraction of the muscles of mastication, especially the masseter muscle. Therefore, the spasmolytic treatment of masseter muscle would be a better treatment for TMJ syndrome rather than the surgical and dental reconstruction.
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