Abstract
Objective: To examine whether the stabilisation splint is a suitable treatment for pain dysfunction syndrome and to determine the most appropriate pattern of usage.
Design: Prospective random control clinical trial.
Setting: Dental school clinic unit.
Subjects: 70 patients diagnosed with pain dysfunction syndrome were treated with a stabilisation splint for 3 months. Group 1 (23 patients) wore the splint 24 hours/day. Group 2 (19 patients) wore the splint only during the day. Group 3 (28 patients) wore the splint only at night.
Results: There was no statistically significant advantage to any pattern of splint usage; all groups showed a marked improvement by subjective and objective assessment.
Conclusions: Patients being treated for pain dysfunction syndrome by a stabilisation splint need wear the splint only at night
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Davies, S., Gray, R. The pattern of splint usage in the management of two common temporomandibular disorders. Part II: The stabilisation splint in the treatment of pain dysfunction syndrome. Br Dent J 183, 247–251 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4809478
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