Stabilization splints in patients with Temporomandibular Disorders: report of two cases

Daísa Gouvea de Lima, Dhelfeson Willya Douglas de Oliveira, Evandro Silveira de Oliveira, Patricia Furtado Gonçalves, Olga Dumont Flecha

Abstract


Objective: To present the cases of two patients with temporomandibular disorders with significant occlusal instability. Case reports: case 1 was a 16-year-old partially dentulous female patient. Case 2 was a 60-year-old female patient with prostheses. Both patients, when on examination, showed a large difference in
maximum intercuspation and centric relation. The proposed treatment for both cases was the use of rigid temporomandibular dysfunction appliances. Conclusion: The rigid temporomandibular dysfunction appliance showed good results, with total remission of the symptoms in both cases.

Keywords


Temporomandibular joint; Temporomandibular joint disorders; Malocclusion angle class III; Dental occlusion; Prosthetic dentistry.



DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18363/rbo.v73n3.p.261

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