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- Perspective on muscle balance
- Examines pain patterns from trigger points
- Muscle changes do not necessarily involve increased EMG activity – hypomobility,
- Tight muscles lead to altered TMJ mechanics – altered degenerative changes in joints
- Malocclusion can result in tight muscles
- Most of the symptoms are due to stress, tension or emotional upset
- Leads to increased muscular activity
- Nocturnal bruxism
- Psychological testing – stress related behavior, anxiety and poor coping skills
- Eventually bruxism and clenching lead to changes in the dentition and muscles
- Leading to TMJ disorders, muscular imbalance and eventual malocclusion.
- Use of splints to prevent premature contact
- Relief can be obtained by revising occlusion – Two schools of focus:
- Occlusal disharmony causes the muscular dysfunction
- TMJ mechanics
- Cause of premature contact is due to trigger points in the muscles – Relieve muscles before splinting
- Prolonged dental work, stress or trauma – malocclusion can perpetuate trigger point activity
- Proprioception/muscle disturbance can cause malocclusion and altered TMJ mechanics
Read more:
- Prevalent Philosophies of Treating TMJ
- GNM is Not the Same as NM
- TMJ Care and Management Guidelines
- Causes of Myofacial Pain Dysfunction
- Chronic Head Pain: Sufferer’s in Distress
- Psycho-social Intervention for Chronic Orofacial Pain: Weak Supportive Evidence
- Gneuromuscular vs.Neuromuscular Dentistry
- Computerized Electro-Diagnostic Instrumentation
- Who Are the GNM Dentists?
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