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Myofacial Pain Dysfunction Syndrome [MPD] is a multifactorial disease. Clinically the patient is presented with a variety of symptoms as limited opening of the mouth, clicking noises of the temporomandibular joints, tenderness of the muscles of mastication, however without organic changes in the temporomandibular joint area. Surgery is not indicated except after failure of the currently acceptable conservative treatment. The present study is designed to campare the results of two types of occlusal disengagement splints and the role of placebo splint in the management of this syndrome. Statistical analysis revealed marked improvement in patients wearing full coverage maxillary and placebo splints
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Autogeneous dermal and reverse dermal grafts on decorticated bone of the forehead of dogs were performed. Results showed that both types of grafts were successful [take], however the R.D.G. Showed an earlyier take, less contraction and firm attachment to the underlying periosteum beginning form the second week postoperatively
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Bone and BonesABSTRACT
The etiology and treatment of trigeminal neuralgia is not fully understood. It is a disease that is difficult to be analyzed due to its complexity. A series of 13 patients with typical trigeminal neuralgia was reported. Evaluation of the therapeutic management by tegretol compared with alcohol injection and avulsion of the mental and infraorbital nerve was critically appraised. Although the number of cases is too small to draw definite conclusion [contrary to priori expectations], tegretol is not a panacea for the problem of pain in trigeminal neuralgia.The average duration of pain following alcohol injection of the peripheral ramification of the trigeminal nerve amounted to 20 months. The duration of freedom from pain following peripheralneurectomywaslonger than that following alcohol