Evaluation of conservative therapy in patients with myofascial pain dysfunction syndrome

ABSTRACT

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