Abstract
Silent periods were evoked from the masseter muscles bilaterally in response to chin taps during a clench. Injection of 0.75 ml of 3% Mepivicaine posteromedial to each condyle led to a distribution of skin anaesthesia consistent with the distribution of the auriculotemporal nerve. Silent periods were evoked prior to and during anaesthesia in ten subjects. The silent period latencies (mean +/- standard deviation) prior to anaesthesia were 12.5 +/- 1.8 ms and 11.9 +/- 2.5 ms in the right and left masseters. During anaesthesia the latency decreased by 0.3 +/- 1.3 ms in the right masseter and by 0.3 +/- 2.1 ms on the left masseter. Neither change was statistically significant (P greater than 0.05). The silent period durations prior to anaesthesia were 20.3 +/- 4.0 ms and +/- 22.8 +/- 7.1 ms in the right and left masseters. During anaesthesia, these decreased by 2.74 +/- 5.8 ms on the right and 2.15 +/- 4.4 ms on the left. These decreases were not statistically significant (P greater than 0.05). These results failed to demonstrate an influence of the predominant nerve supply of the TMJ on either the latency or the duration of the masseteric silent period.
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