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Prevalence of temporomandibular dysfunction in athletes: integrative review
Medeiros,Bruna Prade; Grossmann,Eduardo; Bavaresco,Caren SerraABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Temporomandibular disorder is considered to be a set of clinical manifestations that affect the masticatory muscles, the temporomandibular joint and adjacent structures, whose signs and symptoms can negatively impact the quality of life of their patients. A population group in which the prevalence of temporomandibular disorder has increased in recent years is that of athletes...
Trigeminal Schwannoma simulating orofacial pain: differential diagnosis and tre...
Hummig,Wagner; Grossmann,Thiago Kreutz; Grossmann,EduardoABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Orofacial pain is a major diagnostic challenge for the most experienced clinicians. Due to the complexity regarding the trigeminal-cervical joint, orofacial pain with the same etiology may present different symptoms, and pain with similar symptomatology may have different causes. The objective of this study was to alert health professionals about the importance of differentia...
Relationship between symptoms and imagenological signs of degenerative temporom...
da-Silva,Bruno Moreira; Pinto,Rafael de Almeida Spinelli; Bonato,Letícia Ladeira; Alves Bezerra-Júnior,Arnaud; Grossmann,EduardoABSTRACT BAKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Arthralgia is a common complaint among patients with temporomandibular osteodegeneration, however, for the accurate diagnosis of osteodegeneration, it is suggested the adoption of imaging tests associated with standardized clinical diagnosis protocols. The objective of this study was to evaluate patients with degenerative changes in the temporomandibular joint previously visua...
Effect of mesenchymal stem cells on the regeneration of structures associated w...
Bavaresco,Caren Serra; Grossmann,Thiago Kreutz; Rehm,Daniela Seitenfus; Grossmann,EduardoABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Temporomandibular disorders are the problems involving the masticatory muscles and/or the temporomandibular joint and, among them, the bone and joint disc degenerative processes stand out. However, an effective treatment for these cases has not yet been identified in the literature. Thus, the primary objective of this study was to evaluate the reparative potential of mesenchy...
Temporomandibular joint arthrocentesis: a technique proposal. Case report
Grossmann,Eduardo; Poluha,Rodrigo Lorenzi; Leite,João Paulo BezerraABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Arthrocentesis is an effective treatment to reduce or eliminate pain, increase maximal interincisal distance, and to eliminate joint effusion in patients with disc displacement without reduction. This study aims to expose and to discuss a new technique proposal of temporomandibular joint arthrocentesis applied in the treatment of a single case of disc displacement without red...
Inflammatory mediators related to arthrogenic temporomandibular dysfunctions
Poluha,Rodrigo Lorenzi; Grossmann,EduardoABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Inflammatory disorders of the temporomandibular joint present a high prevalence in the population. The knowledge about inflammatory mediators, such as histamine, serotonin, kinins, eicosanoids, platelet-activating factor, nitric oxide, tumor necrosis factor and interleukins, may contrib-goupute to a better understanding of these disorders. The objective of this study was to r...
Does pregabalin improve sleep disorders in fibromyalgia?
Poluha,Rodrigo Lorenzi; Grossmann,EduardoABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Fibromyalgia is a chronic generalized pain syndrome accompanied by somatic symptoms, mainly represented by sleep disorders. Pregabalin is the main agent among pharmacological treatments. CONTENTS: An electronic search was performed in the databases Lilacs, Pubmed/Medline, Scielo and ScienceDirect. The keywords used in English and Portuguese were “fibromyalgia”; “sleep disorde...
Use of viminol in acute pain management after third molars extraction. Case report
Hummig,Wagner; Grossmann,EduardoABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Acute postoperative pain of the third molars requires not only the ability of the dental surgeon in removing them but also the correct pharmacological control of this incidental pain that will install after the effect of the anesthetic blockade has ceased. The objective of this study was to report a case of moderate pain after third molar removal procedure, where the adverse ...
The use of dry needling in the treatment of cervical and masticatory myofascial...
Carvalho,Andreia Valle de; Grossmann,Eduardo; Ferreira,Flávia Regina; Januzzi,Eduardo; Fonseca,Roberta Maria Drumond Furtado BossiABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Dry needling is an interventionist, minimally invasive technique, used in the treatment of myofascial pain. The objective of this study was to describe the use of dry needling and to perform a critical literature analysis about the technical aspects of its use by qualified health care professionals. CONTENTS: A search in the literature was carried out for books in English, re...
The use of acupuncture versus dry needling in the treatment of myofascial tempo...
Costa,Anieli da; Bavaresco,Caren Serra; Grossmann,EduardoABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Orofacial pain is the pain felt in the oral cavity and the face, with a multifactorial etiology, being a representative of the temporomandibular dysfunction. Among the various possibilities for treatment are acupuncture and the dry needling. The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of these two therapies in the cases of myogenic temporomandibular dysfuncti...