Mandibular Splint vs Botox Injection in Lateral Pterygoid on Cervical Muscle Activity in Patients With Temporomandibular Disorders
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Botox injection, Mandibular stabilization splint, Muscle relaxant.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Mandibular Splint, Botox, Lateral Pterygoid, Cervical Muscle Activity. Basic parameters: 18 years — 40 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Egypt
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Official title
Mandibular Splint Versus Botox Injection in Lateral Pterygoid on Cervical Muscle Activity in Patients With Temporomandibular Disorders
Overview
The study aims to compere mandibular splint versus botox injection in lateral pterygoid on cervical muscle activity in patients with temporomandibular disorders
Detailed description
Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are common chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions among orofacial pain, consisting of a group of conditions associated with pain and dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and masticatory muscles. Temporomandibular joint displacement, also known as internal disc derangement, is an abnormal relationship between the articular disc, the mandibular condyle, and the mandibular fossa. The most frequent displacement of the disc is anterior to the mandibular condyle however, in rare cases it can be posteriorly.
Occlusal splint treatment is generally considered to be a basic treatment for Temporomandibular disorders. It could promote correction of the vertical dimension, maxillo-mandibular realignment, temporomandibular joint repositioning and cognitive awareness. Although various splints are currently available, the most used are stabilization splints and anterior repositioning splints.
Injection of BTX-A in LP muscle, considering the different methods, frequencies and injection dosages used in different studies, would decrease the clicks and other TMJ-related disorders such as pain, hyperactivity, and dysfunction. Based on the present review, most studies about the injection of botulinum toxin in LP muscle reported cases or were done as quasi-experimental studies.
Interventions
- Drug Botox injection
Patients will be treated by Botox injection in lateral pterygoid muscle and medications like muscle relaxants, antidepressants and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. A Botox-A vial was diluted with normal saline to a concentration of 10 U per 0.1 mL for injection in a 1-ml insulin syringe. This will be injected into the ipsilateral lateral pterygoid muscle. - Drug Mandibular stabilization splint
Patients will be treated by mandibular stabilization splint and medications like muscle relaxants, antidepressants and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. - Drug Muscle relaxant
Patients will be treated by medications like muscle relaxants, antidepressants and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Primary outcome measures
- Muscle activity of upper trapizieus and sternocleidomastoid [Time frame: After injection for 3 months.]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Amplitude of muscle activity [Time frame: After injection for 3 months.]
- Root mean square of muscle activity [Time frame: After injection for 3 months.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age from 18-40 years old.
- Both sexes.
- Duration of the disease is more than 3 months.
- Anterior mandibular disc displacement with reduction will be included.
- Unilateral anterior mandibular displacement with reduction grade 2\&3 (Wilkes) will be included.
- Patients with cervical muscles spasm and trigger points (upper trapezius\& sternocleidomastoid) will be included.
- Patients with sufficient cognitive abilities that enables them to understand and follow instructions.
Exclusion criteria
- Neurological or musculoskeletal diseases that affect cervical spine other than mandibular disc displacement (eg: cervical spondylosis, spondylolisthesis, and cervical disc injuries)
- Bilateral anterior mandibular disc displacement patients.
- Musculoskeletal disorders such as severe arthritis, cervical spine surgery or contractures of fixed deformity, leg length discrepancy.
- women during pregnancy and lactation.
- Patients with known hypersensitivity to any component of the drug (especially hypersensitivity to human albumin).
- Patients with infection or inflammation of the area where the toxin injections are planned, in patients with musculoskeletal conduction disorders, in primary muscular disorders (muscular dystrophy, neuromyopathy, congenital myopathies, myotonic disorders, mitochondrial myopathy and unspecified or other primary muscle disorders).
- Patients being treated with aminoglycoside antibiotics, ciclosporin, D-penicillamine, tubocurarine, pancuronium, gallamine, succinylcholine, chloroquine, or hydroxychloroquine.
- History of cervical spine surgery.
- History of trauma or fractures in cervical spine.
- Signs of cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy.
- Vascular syndrome such as vertebrobasilar insufficiency.
- Signs of serious pathology ( e.g., malignancy, inflammatory disorders, infection).
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Egypt · 1 center
- Cairo University — Cairo
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06553950 · P.T.REC/012/004426