Perception of the signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorder in females by using the ProTMDMulti protocol and the visual analog scale before and after acupuncture treatment

Abstract

For TMDs with joint components, the best acupuncture treatment involves local points and for the TMDs with muscle components, points at a distance.

Acupuncture in Temporomandibular Disorders Painful Symptomatology: An Evidence-Based Case Report

“…feminine gender. 6,7,11 The patient of this study fits this age range and gender, and the proposed therapy was planned for painful symptomatology remission. 3,11,12 Chronic pain is a great burden to society, responsible for personal suffering, drug abuse, and a considerable financial problem due to treatment spending and lost productivity.…”

“…6,7,11 The patient of this study fits this age range and gender, and the proposed therapy was planned for painful symptomatology remission. 3,11,12 Chronic pain is a great burden to society, responsible for personal suffering, drug abuse, and a considerable financial problem due to treatment spending and lost productivity. 10 A study from 2012 found that the annual cost of pain in the United States ranged from $560 to $635 billion dollars, being superior to the costs of heart disease ($309 billion), cancer ($243 billion), and diabetes ($188 billion).…”

“…2,3,10 Since pain is Eur J Dent:2020;14:692-696 often observed in patients with TMD, acupuncture has been widely chosen as adjunctive therapy, with a considerable number of studies corroborating to its effectiveness. 2,4,11,12 The aim of this case report is to present a case report of a patient diagnosed with TMD, submitted to an acupuncture protocol treatment based on scientific evidences and TCM concepts, offering a more individualized approach.…”

Protocolo de acupuntura preventiva para estimular imunidade frente à COVID-19

“…Ademais, a Odontologia possui inúmeros resultados benéficos sobre acupuntura: estudos sobre analgesia por acupuntura na redução da intensidade da dor dentária aguda [29]; para Disfunção Temporomandibular (DTM) com componentes articulares, o melhor tratamento com acupuntura envolve pontos locais e para os DTM com componentes musculares, pontos à distância [30]; aplicação do estimulador neuromagnético Haihua modelo CD-9, utilizado dentro dos preceitos da acupuntura no tratamento de sintomas de dor relacionada à DTM [31]; com parestesia do nervo alveolar inferior e dor causada por uma cirurgia de implante realizada há dois anos [32]; em pacientes com neuralgia trigeminal idiopática apenas o grupo de acupuntura manteve seu efeito analgésico por 6 meses [33].…”

Efeito de exercícios motores orofaciais e laserterapia nos sintomas de desordem temporomandibular e funções orofaciais

“…Em relação à percepção da severidade dos sinais e sintomas de DTM, avaliada pelo protocolo ProDTMmulti parte II, antes do tratamento (FD) todos os grupos com DTM apresentaram escores parciais e total significantemente maiores que do grupo controle, como previamente observado em estudos, nos quais o mesmo questionário foi empregado, na íntegra (Felício et al, 2010;Felício et al, 2012a;Ferreira et al, 2014), ou parcialmente Branco et al, 2015), exceto para dificuldade para engolir.…”