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Volume 3 Dentistry and Craniofacial Research
ISSN: 2576-392X
Page 29
JOINT EVENT
August 16-17, 2018 Madrid, Spain
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24th International Conference on Dental Public Health & Dental Hygiene
3rd International Conference on General Practice & Primary Care
General Practice 2018
Dental Public Health 2018
August 16-17, 2018
Treatment of temporomandibular joint dysfunction with the intra-articular injection
Aim: Temporomandibular joints dysfunctions are functional disorders consisting in abnormal functioning and pain of the
mastication muscles, temporomandibular joints involved in dynamic movements of the mandible and surrounding structures,
often associated with abnormal tooth occlusion in opposite arches. The aim of this study was to evaluate the regression of
temporomandibular pain as a result of intra-articular injections of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and hyaluronic acid to patients
with temporomandibular joint dysfunction (disc displacement with reduction) subjected to prosthetic treatment.
Materials & Methods: The baseline study material consisted of 60 patients, males and females, aged 28 to 53 years, treated
due to disc displacement with reduction. All patients were carried out to a specialist functional examination of stomatognathic
system. The intensity of pain (muscles and temporomandibular joints) was measured by VAS+WNRS score. Group I consisted
of 30 patients, who had 1.5% hyaluronic acid intra-articular injections and group II 30 patients as well, who used platelet
rich plasma obtain from own blood. The injection places were determined by the method used during arthroscopic surgical
procedures. Following aspiration, 0.4ml of PRP or hyaluronic acid was injected into both temporomandibular joints.
Results: The comparison of the intensity of pain and the result of clinical examination during all visits suggests a beneficial
effect of both procedures.
Conclusion:Applicationof the intra-articular injections of platelet-richplasma andhyaluronic acid into the temporomandibular
joints have a positive impact on the reduction of the intensity of pain experienced by patients treated for temporomandibular
joint dysfunction.
Biography
Malgorzata Pihut has completed her Graduation in Faculty of Medicine at Jagiellonian University, Poland. She is the Head of the Consulting Room of Temporomandibular
Joints Dysfunction, Jagiellonian University Medical College. She is a Specialist in the field of General Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics, conducts training of students and
has completed her Post-graduation in the field of Prosthetics. She is the author of over 150 publications, congress reports, and research in national and international
journals. She is a Specialist in diagnosis and treatment of modern form of functional disorder in the stomatognathic system. She is a member of the ten national and inter-
national scientific societies, winner of the several prizes from Polish Ministry of Education.
Malgorzata Pihut
Jagiellonian University, Poland
Malgorzata Pihut, J Dent Craniofac Res 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2576-392X-C2-004