METHOD OF TREATING DISLOCATION OF INTRA-ARTICULAR DISC OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61C11/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: two standard perforated impression trays are used for the upper and lower jaws. A flat steel plate 2 mm thick, 45 mm wide and 34 mm deep is soldered on the tray of the upper jaw from the opposite side of the dental bed at 5 mm from an outer edge. A dished plate 54 mm wide, 27 mm deep and 10 mm high is soldered on the tray of the lower jaw from the opposite side of the dental bed at 3 mm from an outer edge. The upper and lower trays are used to contour a pattern of the upper and lower dental arches alternatively. The prepared patterns are washed in flowing water. The lower impression tray with the prepared contour is inserted into the oral cavity again and applied to the lower dental arch. The upper tray is inserted into the oral cavity and applied to the upper dental arch. The patient is suggested to close the mouth after the trays are fixed in the oral cavity. The patient tenses the masticatory muscles as much as possible and displaces the lower jaw to the side opposite to the dislocation of the intra-articular disc of the temporomandibular joint. The side motion repetition is 5-7; the exposure is 3-5 minutes; the number of procedures is 2-8 every second day.

EFFECT: method enables preventing the postoperative face scars and dislocation of the temporomandibular joint associated with forced mouth opening.

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