Changes in oral health-related quality of life after self-care treatment in patients with myofascial pain.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of patients with myofascial pain treated by means of self-care measures.

Methods: Fifteen patients with myofascial pain had OHRQoL evaluated by the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-TMD) questionnaire and were instructed for self-care measures verbally and with a printed guide in the first consultation (T0), after 30 days (T1) and 60 days (T2). Paired -test was performed to evaluate changes through time.

Treatment of myofascial pain with a rapid laser therapy protocol compared to occlusal splint: A double-blind, randomized clinical trial.

Objective: To compare the effect of a rapid low-level laser therapy (LLLT) protocol to Michigan occlusal splint in the treatment of myofascial pain, as well as to evaluate their impact on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL).

Methods: Thirty participants were randomly allocated into three groups: G1: occlusal splint (n = 11), G2: LLLT (n = 10), and G3: LLLT placebo (n = 9). LLLT and placebo were applied in the points of pain upon palpation.

Temporomandibular disorder treatment in a patient wearing removable prostheses: A case report.

Aim: The purpose of this intervention was to treat the patient, a 51-year-old woman, who was wearing a maxillary denture and a mandibular bilateral distal-extension partial denture (both unfit) and was suffering from temporomandibular disorder (TMD).

Methodology: The treatment suggested was to construct a superior repositioning splint (SRS), and after remission of the symptomatology, fabricate new dentures.

Results: The occlusal splint was effective and the symptomatology ceased after about five months of treatment.