A Michigan-type occlusal splint with spring-loaded mandibular protrusion functionality for treatment of anterior disk dislocation with reduction

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 362-366

  Proff, Peter ^a   Richter, Ernst Jürgen ^b   Blens, Torsten ^a   Fanghänel, Jochen ^a   Hützen, Daniel ^a   Kordaß, Bernd ^a   Gedrange, Tomas ^a   Rottner, Kurt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mandibular advancement; Splint therapy; Temporomandibular disorder (TMD)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACE MUSCLE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; JAW MOVEMENT; JOINT DISLOCATION; JOINT STABILITY; MYALGIA; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; SPLINTING; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249991739     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2007.02.026     Document Type: Article

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