Evaluation and Multidisciplinary Treatment of a Patient with Temporomandibular Disorder

Abstract

Demonstrate that patients with signs and symptoms of the temporomandibular joint, prior to orthodontic treatment, should be treated multidisciplinary A 31-year-old female, a student at the Mexican Center for Stomatology, with a personal and family health history and orthodontic treatment who came to the clinic for presenting symptoms of pain in the face over the region of the bilateral temporomandibular joint, with alterations of the function, which radiated to the neck and back of several months of evolution. The clinical findings presented by the patient were: wear on the upper anterior teeth. The pain map diagnostic index was used, photographs of the face, whole body from the front and sides, panoramic radiography, lateral skull, anteroposterior and spine, articulated models in semi-adjustable articulator, this facilitated us to diagnose joint disorders. The proposed treatment was multidisciplinary treatment: Neuro-muscular rehabilitation and the use of physical agents, massage therapy, Kinesiology and manual therapy. The multidisciplinary treatment of occlusal guard by stomatology and the combination of physical agents, Kinesiology and manual therapy by physiotherapy, demonstrated excellent results with the disappearance of the symptoms in the patient, improved her expectations. Giving you a better quality of life.