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[Conservative treatment of perforated disks]
G Handel1, A Rossbach, H Tschernitschek
1Poliklinik für Zahnärztliche Prothetik der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover.
Deutsche Zahnarztliche Zeitschrift
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
Stereognathographic recordings were taken of the mandibular movements of 11 patients who had undergone conservative treatment for unilateral disk perforation. The results showed a significant decrease in the condylar inclination angle of the affected joints. Based on these values the condylar inclinations were increased in a condyle positioning simulator (CPS). This allowed production of individually correct occlusal splints. In all cases studied this splinting therapy eliminated pain and crepitus.