Does the use of soft or hard splints affect the short-term outcome of temporomandibular joint arthrocentesis?

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 424-427

  Alpaslan, C ^a   Kahraman, S ^a   Guner B ^b   Cula, S ^c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ankara Center of Oral and Dental Health   (Turkey)

^c Faculty of Commercial Sciences   (Turkey)

Author keywords

arthrocentesis; hard splints; soft splints; stabilisation splints; TMJ

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAW MOVEMENT; MALE; MOUTH; PAIN; PROGNOSIS; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPLINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 43049140840     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2008.01.022     Document Type: Article

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