Clinical evolution of the pain dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint using acupuncture
Abstract
A longitudinal prospective study is carried out aimed at studying the effectivity of the treatment with acupuncture in presence of pain temporomandibular joint dysfunction, present in a high percentage of patients.Due to the multifactorial etiology is hard to establish the treatment.The present research was carried out in "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado"University Hospital during February-September 2006. The sample was comprised of 104 patients attending to the dental surgeon office showing symptoms and signs of pain dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint. The sample was separated into two groups: a control group being treated with the conventional treatment and one study group being treated with acupuncture. Data were shown in pictures and tabulated using the chi-square test.It is concluded that acupuncture showed non adverse reactions and presenting only 29% of patients pain at chewing and 27% showed pain at muscle palpation while with the conventional treatment a 40,4% and 50% presented both disturbances, respectively. Using acupuncture 9 sessions were necessary for attaining a remission of symptoms, being proved the effectivity of this therapy in the pain dysfuction of the temporomandibular joint treatment.Downloads
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