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Dental Treatment on Cephalea from Orofacial Origin
Genc Demjaha1, Biljana Kapushevska2, Ajla Çesko Zymber3
1Fama College and Kavaja Polyclinic, Prishtina, Kosovo, PhD. candidate at theFaculty of Dentistry, Skopje, UKIM, R. North Macedonia.
Introduction:
Cephalea from orofacial origin is a diffuse, mild to moderate pain that appears as a bandage around the head. There are many different etiological causes of dental origin that contribute to the appearance of cephalea.
Purpose:
The purpose of our research is dental treatment of patients with traumatic occlusion, bruxism and loss of occlusal support, which have a pathological condition - cephalea from orofacial origin.
Material And Methods:
For the purposes of this paper, 15 patients with cephalea from orofacial origin were analysed, diagnosed and treated. The control group consisted of 15 patients without etiological factors. A butterfly deprogrammer and a stabilization splint were made depending on the indication.
Results And Discussion:
According to our patient study results, it appears to be a link between inadequately made prosthetic devices, bruxism and loss of occlusal support with cephalea. The therapy should help the patient urgently and continue to relieve the cephalea symptoms from orofacial origin. The results show an improvement in 86.7% of the examinees.
Conclusion:
The butterfly deprogrammer and stabilization splint are new methods that can contribute along with other therapeutic modalities in improving the quality of life in a patient with cephalea from orofacial origin.
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