Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

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Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

2017, vol. 26, nr 3, May-June, p. 455–460

doi: 10.17219/acem/62216

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Language: English

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Evaluation of articular disc loading in the temporomandibular joints after prosthetic and pharmacological treatment in model studies

Małgorzata E. Pihut1,A,B,D, Jerzy Margielewicz2,C, Edward Kijak3,E, Grażyna Wiśniewska1,F

1 Department of Prosthodontics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

2 Department of Logistics and Mechanical Handling, Faculty of Transport, Silesian University of Technology, Katowice, Poland

3 Department of Prosthodontics, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Abstract

Background. Temporomandibular joint dysfunction is often related to excessive load in the stomatognathic system.
Objectives. The objective of the model tests, using numeric calculations, was to assess the articular disc loads in the temporomandibular joints after prosthetic and pharmacological treatment of functional disorders of the masticatory organ.
Material and Methods. The study involved 10 patients, aged 21–48 years, of both sexes, randomly selected from a group of 120 patients treated with relaxation occlusal splints (60 patients, group I) and intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin type A (60 patients, group II), suffering from temporomandibular joint dysfunction with the dominant muscle component. In all subjects, a specialized functional examination was carried out. Treatment groups: occlusal splint therapy (group I) and intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin type A (group II). An assessment of the loads of 4 disc zones of the temporomandibular joints was carried out based on the results of clinical studies (phase I of the study), and numeric model tests (phase II). In the representatives of the study groups (5 patients in each group), measurements of occlusal forces and an evaluation of tension of the masseter and temporalis muscle were performed.
Results. The results of the average load values for all evaluated zones of the right and left articular disc differ in a statistically significant way in favor of group II, with the exception of the external mid part of the discs. In the case of the anterior of the right disc, the load was lower in patients belonging to group I than in those obtained in group II.
Conclusion. Botulinum toxin type A significantly reduces the loads within the temporomandibular joints, generated by masseter muscle hypertonia.

Key words

articular disk loading, temporomandibular joint dysfunction, botulinum toxin type A, prosthodontics treatment

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