Department of Prosthodontics, Government Dental College and Hospital, Nagpur, India.
J Prosthodont. 2012 Oct;21(7):556-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-849X.2012.00874.x. Epub 2012 Jul 10.
Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a chronic inflammatory disease resulting in progressive juxtaepithelial fibrosis of the oral soft tissues and can cause increasing difficulty in mastication, swallowing, speaking, and mouth opening. The treatment of severe trismus requires a combination of surgical release and physiotherapy. Often physiotherapy alone can modify tissue remodeling in OSMF to increase oral opening. This article describes the fabrication and use of a new mouth-exercising device that helps the patient to squeeze/stretch the cheek mucosa to increase elasticity. The device can be used as a sole treatment modality or can be used in association with pharmacological and surgical treatment modalities for OSMF. Improvement in mouth opening was observed in four OSMF patients treated with a mouth-exercising device for 6 months as a sole treatment modality.
口腔黏膜下纤维性变（OSMF）是一种慢性炎症性疾病，导致口腔软组织进行性上皮下纤维化，可导致咀嚼、吞咽、说话和张口越来越困难。严重牙关紧闭的治疗需要手术松解和物理治疗相结合。通常，单独的物理治疗就可以改变 OSMF 中的组织重塑，从而增加口腔开口度。本文介绍了一种新的口腔锻炼装置的制作和使用，该装置可帮助患者挤压/拉伸颊黏膜以增加弹性。该装置可单独用作治疗方法，也可与 OSMF 的药物和手术治疗方法联合使用。作为单一治疗方法，使用口腔锻炼装置治疗的 4 例 OSMF 患者观察到张口度改善。
