An appliance for management of TMJ pain as a complication of Parkinson's disease.
This is a case report of a 71-year-old female with pain in the right TMJ, who was also suffering from Parkinson's Disease and was treated using a new intraoral occlusal appliance. The new appliance was designed to limit excessive mandibular excursion of the right side by restricting the mediotrusive movement of the left coronoid process. The appliance significantly suppressed involuntary mandibular excursion.
Minagi
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Department of Removable Prosthodontics, Okayama University Dental School, Japan.
Matsunaga
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Shibata
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Sato
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017090:Occlusal Splints; D016382:Orthodontic Appliance Design; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012074:Remission Induction; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*