THE PATTERN OF SPLINT USAGE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF 2 COMMON TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS .3. LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP IN AN ASSESSMENT OF SPLINT THERAPY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DISC DISPLACEMENT WITH REDUCTION AND PAIN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME

Citation
Sj. Davies et Rjm. Gray, THE PATTERN OF SPLINT USAGE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF 2 COMMON TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS .3. LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP IN AN ASSESSMENT OF SPLINT THERAPY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DISC DISPLACEMENT WITH REDUCTION AND PAIN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME, British Dental Journal, 183(8), 1997, pp. 279-283
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
ISSN journal
00070610
Volume
183
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
279 - 283
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0610(1997)183:8<279:TPOSUI>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Objective To assess the long-term follow-up of patients successfully t reated for disc displacement with anterior repositioning splint therap y and patients successfully treated for pain dysfunction syndrome with stabilisation therapy. Design Retrospective analysis. Setting Dental school clinic unit. Methods Maintenance of improvement was assessed by a postal questionnaire or by direct telephone contact 3 years after c essation of splint treatment. Results 90% of patients successfully tre ated for disc displacement with reduction and 88% of patients successf ully treated for pain dysfunction reported maintenance of improvement after 3 years. In both groups the reported improvement was independent of the pattern of splint usage. Conclusions The short-term use of an appropriate occlusal splint for a specific temporomandibular disorder leads to a long-term resolution of the problem.