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ARELLANO FLORES, Agueda  e  PICCO DIAZ, Iliana. Botulinum toxin in muscular dystonia of the temporomandibular joint. Rev. Odont. Mex [online]. 2008, vol.12, n.3, pp.142-148. ISSN 1870-199X.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fo.1870199xp.2008.12.3.15666.

This investigation evaluated the effectiveness of the botulinum toxin type A in patients with temporomandibular joint dysfunction and oromandibular closing dystonia. Twenty persons were included between 29 and 61 years old, (90%) women, (10%) men. The trigger points were infiltrated, the pre-infiltration pain was measured with the analogous visual scale of the pain (AVS) and also weekly during 3 months. The mean value in the AVS of the initial pain was 8.15 points and for post-infiltration, the mean value was 3.7 points, with improvement of the pain of 45.3%. A new treatment with the botulinum toxin type A is proposed.

Palavras-chave : Botulinum toxin type A; oromandibular closing dystonia; temporomandibular joint.