Resumen
Thirty subjects seeking treatment for masticatory muscle pain at a university-based TMJ clinic were randomly assigned to soft-splint, palliative-treatment, and no-treatment groups. After 4 to 11 weeks of treatment, subjects were evaluated for changes from their base-line levels of symptoms, maximum pain-free opening, pain thresh-olds measured by a pressure algometer, and occlusal contacts. With the use of the multivariate analysis of variance and analysis of covariance, the results suggest that the soft-splint group had statis-tically significant improvement (V < .01), the palliative-treatment group had improvement that was not statistically significant, and the no-treatment group had a slight aggravation of symptoms. The soft-splint group had fewer occlusal contact changes assessed with shimstock compared to the palliative-treatment and no-treatment groups. The findings of this study suggest that the soft splint is an effective short-term treatment for reducing the signs and symptoms of masticatory muscle pain in patients, and the soft splint does not cause occlusal changes.
Título traducido de la contribución | A randomized clinical trial of intraoral soft splints and palliative treatment for masticatory muscle pain |
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Idioma original | Spanish |
Páginas (desde-hasta) | 192-199 |
Número de páginas | 8 |
Publicación | Journal of Oral and Facial Pain and Headache |
Volumen | 9 |
N.º | 2 |
Estado | Published - 1995 |
Publicado de forma externa | Sí |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Dentistry (miscellaneous)
- Clinical Neurology
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine