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This is a one year followup study that aims to assess the efficacy of low level laser therapy (LLLT) on pain, mouth opening and masticatory muscle activity in cases of temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD) as compared to soft occlusive splints.


Clinical Trial Description

A prospective, parallel randomized, controlled study will be conducted at the outpatient university clinic. Participant recruitment started following approval from the Ethics Committee .The patients will participate in the study after signing an informed consent form prior to data collection. Per inclusion criteria, subjects included are females less than 30 years of age, diagnosed with unilateral arthrogenous TMD, having complete permanent dentition and showing normal occlusion. Prior to participating in any study-related procedures, participants read and signed the informed consent form approved by the Institutional Review Board. Participants will be divided into three groups; three groups: LLLT (Group A); soft occlusive splint therapy OST (Group B); waitlist as controls (Group C). Outcome measures: TMJ opening index (TOI), VAS, sEMG. Participants were not given information on which treatment they were receiving; they were only told that they could receive one of two different treatment techniques. Sessions were scheduled 3 days a week (every other day) for a total of 10 sessions ;


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NCT number NCT04831346
Study type Interventional
Source Cairo University
Contact Tamer Shousha, Lecturer
Phone 002-01227900667
Email shoushadoc@yahoo.com
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date November 1, 2020
Completion date December 1, 2022

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