Debilitating lower back pain during menses unexpectedly resolved after treatment of subclinical temporomandibular disorder: a case report.
Gen Dent
; 72(1): 66-70, 2024.
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ABSTRACT
This case report describes a patient in whom debilitating lower back pain that always occurred during menses resolved when she received treatment for subclinical temporomandibular disorder (TMD). The patient was diagnosed with subclinical TMD and facial myalgia based on the results of clinical and radiographic examinations. She was treated with maxillary (nighttime) and mandibular (daytime) dental orthotics to provide stabilization and decompression of the temporomandibular joints. After 12 weeks of appliance therapy, which resulted in resolution of the TMD symptoms, the patient reported that the debilitating lower back pain she experienced during menses had ceased. Her back pain did not return after the use of the mandibular appliance was discontinued. The authors discuss how neurologic, postural, inflammatory, and qi flow changes attributed to the patient's TMD treatment may have contributed to the cessation of the patient's menses-related lower back pain.
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Medicinas_tradicionales_de_asia
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Assunto principal:
Transtornos da Articulação Temporomandibular
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Gen Dent
Ano de publicação:
2024
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