A change of occlusal conditions after splint therapy for bruxers with and without pain in the masticatory muscles

Cranio - Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-118

  Fujii, Tetsunori ^a,b   Torisu, Tetsurou ^a,b   Nakamura, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b International Association for Dental Research (IADR)   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRUXISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MAXILLA; MYALGIA; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLINTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TOOTH OCCLUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; FACE PAIN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

BRUXISM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL OCCLUSION; FACIAL PAIN; HUMANS; JAW RELATION RECORD; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; OCCLUSAL SPLINTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME;

EID: 19644391187     PISSN: 08869634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/crn.2005.016     Document Type: Article

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