title: Oral splint for temporomandibular joint disorders with revolutionary fluid system.
abstract: Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) diseases and disorders refer to a complex and poorly understood set of conditions, manifested by pain in the area of the jaw and associated muscles and limitations in the ability to make the normal movements of speech, facial expression, eating, chewing, and swallowing. The conventional soft occlusal splint therapy is a much safer and effective mode of a conservative line of therapy in comparison to the surgical therapy for temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD). The purpose of this article is to review the Aqualizer™, an hydrostatic oral splint, as accurate, effective treatment and differential diagnostic tool in TMD that allow treating the patient's pain quickly and accurately saving valuable treatment time. The review article has been prepared doing a literature review from the world-wide web and pubmed/medline.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Rama Dental College Hospital and Research Centre, Kanpur, India.
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: Bhuvan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jyoti
authors.forename: Parvathi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Devi
keywords: Muscles; occlusal splints; temporomandibular joint disorders; temporomandibular joints
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