Tempromandibular Case Studies

If you have any medical condition, then you will need to inform your physician of this. Gum disease has been linked to many health conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease. Dentists also have to take a patient's overall health into consideration before they administer any anesthetic. Additionally, you should let your dentist if you are allergic to any medication.

So here we go for an advanced technique of implanting which provides a more secure and stable denture. Most people prefer to get replaced with the permanent teeth. For those people, we move on with their desire using a technique called as a hybrid denture. It consists of dentures that are fixed onto implants with a full set of high-quality prosthetics to replace full rows of teeth.

Invisalign aligners are manufactured from a smooth and comfortable plastic that is BPA-free and which will not irritate your cheeks and gums which is the case with traditional metal braces. You can wear these aligners throughout the day and can remove them while having a meal or brushing your teeth. Your teeth will begin to shift into a more symmetrical shape as you would wear each set of aligners.

An orofacial examination was performed to assess the structural and functional integrity of the oral mechanism. The exam did not reveal anything of clinical significance.

12/16/15 Progress Report indicated that the patient wakes up with headaches. She mentioned headache in the frontal vertex or temporal occipital areas. She also feels imbalance. She denies bruxism and has no significant neck symptoms. She reported having some minor neck tightness. She was being treated with acupuncture 2 X per week and craniosacral therapy 2 X per week. She noted that she was able to read better in the past two weeks. She had difficulty scanning a written page in the past. She also mentioned that her insomnia has slightly improved since initiating these 2 therapies. Physical exam showed no palpable spasms in her cervical region over her muscles of mastication. Cervical range of motion: backward flexion 70 degrees and forward flexion 60 degrees. She was able to turn 60 degrees to each side. She is able to tilt 40 degrees to other side. Comments: Based on the absence of objective findings, she has reached a medical end result with no need for any further treatment. No additional treatment or diagnostic testing is

Oral care is important to keep up with no matter if you are healthy, or have some sort of syndrome or disease. If oral care is not as important to you as food is, then you may be asking for infection because your mouth is a very dirty environment. It is a bacteria heaven. In this paper, I will address a few different topics. First, we will talk about oral care for patients with autism, then patients that have Down syndrome. Both of these

Down syndrome is a condition that affects the physical appearance and the ability to learn and growth mentally. Down syndrome results when many errors occur during cell division. It is the most common birth defect in the United States. This is a genetic disorder that affects 1 of every 800 infants. Maintaining oral health for people with mental disabilities requires skills and adaptation. In the following paper, the role of chlorhexidine in relationship to periodontal disease is examined. According to National institute of child health and human development people with Down syndrome have no unique health problems; however the oral problems that they tend to have are frequently severe. Periodontal disease is believed to be the most significant oral problem found in these individuals.t is hypothesized that mentally disable individuals can benefit from rinses like chlorhexidine to reduce the biofilm formation. The next few research studies attempt to prove this hypothesis.

When a person feels pain in their jaw joints, and has a limited opening and closing of their mouth, it is often referred to as the Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMD).

Excruciating jaw pain can be extremely hard to deal with on a daily basis. If you notice any pain, clicking, or popping in your jaw when you talk, chew, or yawn, you may be suffering from Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome, or TMJ. Gregory T. Grubba, DDS, understands how to treat TMJ symptoms. Their highly-trained staff in Anchorage, AK is committed to providing comfortable, affordable dental care for their patients. Whether you’re coming in for a filling or a routine teeth cleaning, you’ll always receive the highest quality treatments for your teeth at their practice!

Head, neck and related lymphatics – The skull is normal in size, is symmetrical and is of normocephalic shape. Upon asking the client to smile, assessment of the nasolabial folds is symmetrical. No swelling of the lymph nodes in the head and neck are noted. There are no pulsations, swelling or masses present in the neck. The client’s head is held slightly slumped to the right and not held erect. The client refused to perform active or passive ROM exercises of the neck due to feeling too tired. The client takes no medications for the head, neck or related lymphatics and has no related surgical history. There is no relevant laboratory

TMD, or temporomandibular joint dysfunction, is characterized by pain or discomfort associated with the jaw joint. One of the most common indicators of TMD is regular or prolonged headaches that cannot be explained by any other circumstance. This head pain is irritating and uncomfortable at best, and debilitating at worst.

Symptoms are usually characterized by deep, dull pain with occasional exacerbations of sharp pain. MFPS is characterized by having muscular trigger points especially affecting the muscles of mastication that stimulate pain and can result in referred pain to teeth. Tenderness to palpation, limited range of motion, and stiffness are all characteristics of MFPS. A patient can present to the dental clinic with dull, aching pain in the maxillary anterior teeth as a manifestation of pain referred from the most anterior part of the temporalis muscle. Pain from the masseter muscle can be referred to the mandibular molars. When pain is referred from the posterior-superior part of the temporalis muscle, dull pain can occur in the maxillary premolars and maxillary molars. Stimulation of a trigger point in the digastric muscle will result in pain referred to the lower incisors and pain referred from the sternocleidomastoid muscle can be felt in the ipsilateral canine (Yount K.,

This experiment will explore the nature of salivary glands and if an increased quantity of salivary electrolytes is a direct correlation to Down syndrome. Down syndrome is an autosomal disorder caused by an extra chromosome twenty-one. Children with this syndrome show physical abnormalities such as, small hands and feet, poor muscle tone or loose joints, and shorter height than children and adults without the syndrome. Many dental characteristics are consistent throughout children with Down Syndrome. Dental abnormalities include the most important to this experiment, a low prevalence of dental caries that is tooth decay or cavities caused by abundance in dental plaque and bacteria in children with Down Syndrome. This increase in low caries can be attributed to reduced time of exposer to a cariogenic environment, congenitally missing teeth, and higher salivary pH. Recently, researchers have found that

Head and Neck: Patient skull is of normocephalic, atraumatic and without masses. The patient 's facial expression and facial contours are normal. The parotid glands are normal. The sinuses are non-tender. Palpation of the temporal and masseter muscles reveals normal strength of muscle contraction. There is symmetry of the nasolabial folds. There is no facial droop noted. Trachea midline. Thyroid is smooth, no goiter or

About five to 12 percent of Americans have a painful condition called TMJ. Known medically as temporomandibular joint and muscle disorders, TMJ refers to a set of uncomfortable disorders affecting the jaw joint, as well as those muscles controlling jaw movements.