9 筋圧痛計によるオクルーザルスプリント治療の効果判定に関する研究 (第439回 大阪歯科学会例会)

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I attempted to establish an objective diagnostic method for occlusal splint therapy using the pressure pain threshold (PPT) measuring system, which records signals on the muscles of mastication. Pressure sensors were placed on the skin over the muscle and the subject instructed to release pressure when he felt pain on clenching. Values were recorded for 340 normal subjects between 15 and 77 years of age and four CMD patients before and after occlusal splint therapy. Although all the CMD patients had PPT valves outside normal ranges before treatment, they were within normal intervals after treatment. The PPT measuring system produced objective information on the effect of occlusal splint therapy.