Effect of Massage Treatment in Temporomandibular Joint

Effect of Massage Treatment in Patients With Temporomandibular Disorder

Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) have multiple and broad clinical effects on orofacial structures and are often diagnosed in patients with a prevalence of between 5% and 12%. Among treatment options, massage therapy is one of the common therapeutic procedures and allows interesting clinical outcomes by reducing TMD symptoms successfully. However, there has been no attempt to validate this knowledge. Thus, the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of massage and its properties in patients with TMD.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Temporomandibular disorder-positive RDC/TMD examination for groups RDC/TMD Ia and RDC/TMD Ib,
2. Patient agreement to participate in the experimental study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. RDC/TMD II and RDC/TMDIII,
2. Drug and/or removable partial or total prosthesis wearers,
3. Being submitted to any type of physiotherapeutic treatment,
4. Incomplete dentition,
5. History of systemic diseases as diabetes or arthritis,
6. The occurrence of facial trauma,
7. Refusal to assume responsibility with this research.