Badel Tomislav, Pandurić Josip, Marotti Miljenko, Lovko Sandra Kocijan, Krolo Ivan
Zavod za stomatolosku protetiku, Stomatoloski fakultet Sveucilista u Zagrebu, Gundulićeva 5, 10000 Zagreb.
Reumatizam. 2006;53(1):29-32.
The diagnostic procedure and the initial treatment of a female patient suffering from temporomandibular disorder is described. Osteoarthritis and the discopathy of the temporomandibular joint were diagnosed both clinically and by magnetic resonance imaging. Anxiety was confirmed by measuring instrument State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Pains in temporomandibular joints were removed after the initial treatment in which the occlusion splint had been used so that conditions for carrying out the definite occlusal treatment were fulfilled.
描述了一名患有颞下颌关节紊乱症的女性患者的诊断过程和初始治疗。通过临床检查和磁共振成像诊断出颞下颌关节骨关节炎和盘状病变。使用测量工具状态-特质焦虑量表确认存在焦虑。在使用咬合夹板的初始治疗后，颞下颌关节疼痛得以消除，从而满足了进行确定性咬合治疗的条件。
