[Evaluation of the effectiveness of the diagnosis and initial therapy by means of bite plates].
A modified Krogh-Poulsen questionaire was used to study 210 patients with temperomandibular joint complaints. The patients were fitted with a biteplate. Pain at the pterygoideus lateralis muscle was noted in 59.6% of the patients. Constant improvement was demonstrable in 76% of the patients after a period of six months. The cracking in the joint was found in 51% of the patients resistant to therapy. The study of patients resistant to therapy indicated positive psychiatric findings in more than 80% of these patients. The diagnoses ranged from the beginning stages of depression to discovery of a basophilic adenoma.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007574:Jaw Relation Record; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*
Prüfung der Effektivität der Diagnose und Initialtherapie mit Hilfe von Aufbissplatten.