Occlusal splints for the management of temporomandibular disorders

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This network meta-analysis assessing the effectiveness of various types of occlusal splint in the management of temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) included 48 RCTs suggesting that a hard stabilisation splint achieves superior results in patients with myogenous TMDs. However, many of the included studies are small so teh quality of the evidence is low.

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Nociceptive Trigeminal Inhibition tension suppression system and temporomandibular disorders

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This recently published critical summary of a systematic review was prepared under the auspices of the American Dental Association Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry.  The review  summarised aimed to assess the effectiveness of the NTI-tss (Nociceptive Trigeminal Inhibition tension suppression system) device for the treatment of bruxism, headache and temporomandibular disorders was originally published in 2008. [read the full story…]