Treatment of Osteoarthrоsis TMJ, Complicated by Internal Derangement

Clinical experience

Kostina I.N.

Abstract.

Complex treatment of osteoarthrosis (OA) includes medical, orthopedic, physical, surgical treatment. However, in modern literature there are no data about the differentiated treatment of OA temporomandibular joint (TMJ) taking into account the complicated course. Objective: to study the effectiveness of different methods of treatment of OA TMJ, complicated by internal derangement (ID). Patients divided into two groups. Occlusive therapy within 3 months received 19 patients of the first group. Conservative treatment with the use of NSAIDs, pulse currents, exercise therapy within 3 months received 19 patients of the second group. The effectiveness of occlusive therapy was 57.9%. Effectiveness of conservative therapy of osteoarthritis TMJ, complicated ID, amounted to 47.4%.

Key words:

osteoarthros, internal derangement, temporomandibular joint, treatment.

Author

Kostina Irina N.

e-mail: kostinastom@yandex.ru

The Ural State Medical University, Department of Dental Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
3 Repina st. Yekaterinburg, Russia, 620028