INITIAL TREATMENT OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT OSTEOARTHRITIS

Authors:

Tomislav Badel, Josip Pandurić, Miljenko Marotti, Sandra Kocijan Lovko, Ivan Krolo

Summary

The diagnostic procedure and the initial treatment of a female patient suffering from temporomandibular disorder is described. Osteoarthritis and the discopathy of the temporomandibular joint were diagnosed both clinically and by magnetic resonance imaging. Anxiety was confirmed by measuring instrument State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Pains in temporomandibular joints were removed after the initial treatment in which the occlusion splint had been used so that conditions for carrying out the definite occlusal treatment were fulfilled.

Sažetak
Opisana je dijagnostika i inicijalna terapija pacijentice koja boluje od temporomandibularnog poremećaja. Klinički i pomoću magnetske rezonancije dijagnosticiran je osteoartritis te diskopatija oba čeljusna zgloba. Anksioznost je potvrđena psihološkim mjernim instrumentom State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Inicijalnom terapijom pomoću okluzijske udlage uklonjeni su bolovi u čeljusnim zglobovima te stvoreni preduvjeti provedbe definitivne okluzijske terapije.

Vol.: 53

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