Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Positioning Accuracy and Efficiency Using a Dental Compass.
Improving TMJ Joint Positioning and Accuracy With Therapeutic Splint Fabrication Using a Dental Compass While Reducing Radiation Exposure: A Cohort Comparison
Dr. Dean Reeves Clinic
80 participants
Nov 8, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This study is being performed to determine if the use of the Dental Compass Articular and its software will produce therapeutic splints for TMD accurately and successfully, compare favorably with a cohort treated without the Dental Compass (for number of visits, splint modifications, and required CBCTs).
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria2
- TMJ dysfunction and pain
- CBCT indicates a non-Gelb 4/7 position or < 1.8 mm bone to bone interval between the mandibular condyle and mandibular fossa anteriorly or posteriorly.
Exclusion Criteria8
- Planning a move within 9 months.
- Unwilling to provide two phone numbers and two email contacts.
- Not willing to express a willingness to come in for 4-6 month follow up if they have marked improvement or improvement in symptoms.
- Not living within 90-minute drive from clinic
- Transportation not reliable
- Involved in any other TMD study
- Life threatening illness or major surgery planned
- Other major life stress that might interfere with completing the study
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Interventions
Dental Compass and Dental Compass software used for therapeutic splint fabrication
Manual methods used for therapeutic splint fabrication
Locations(1)
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NCT06619574