Botulinum toxin for the treatment of temporomandibular joint disk disfigurement: Clinical experience

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 476-481

  Karacalar, Ahmet ^a,b   Yi̧lmaz, Nergiz ^a,b   Bilgici, Ayhan ^a,b   Baş, Burcu ^a,b   Akan, Hüseyin ^a,b  

^a Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery ^*  (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Disk displacement; Pain; Temporomandibular joint

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN; HUMAN; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISFIGUREMENT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; DISLOCATIONS; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PTERYGOID MUSCLES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TEMPORAL MUSCLE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 20744443942     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/04.SCS.0000157263.73768.64     Document Type: Article

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