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Hemifacial atrophy and temporomandibular joint pain-dysfunction syndrome
1Department of Dental Medicine and Surgery, University of Melbourne, Australia.
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
|August 1, 1988
Abstract:
A case is described of a patient with progressive HA who presented because of left TMJ pain, jaw locking and ipsilateral masticatory muscle spasm. Several reports exist in the literature of masticatory muscle spasm associated with HA. A diagnosis of TMJPDS was made and an occlusal splint was provided which produced resolution of the TMJ pain and jaw locking and significantly reduced the masticatory muscle spasms.