Dextrose prolotherapy for pain and dysfunction of the TMJ reducible disc displacement: A randomized, double-blind clinical study. 2022

Mai A Haggag, and Fouad A Al-Belasy, and Wael M Said Ahmed
Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University, Egypt. Electronic address: maihaggag@mans.edu.eg.

To assess the efficacy of dextrose prolotherapy on the clinical signs and symptoms of patients having disc displacement with reduction (DDWR). This prospective, randomized, double-blind clinical study included thirty patients suffering from bilateral DDWR. The patients were randomly divided into two equal groups. After induction of local anesthesia, each joint was injected in two sites; one in the superior joint space and the other in the retrodiscal tissue, using 25% dextrose solution in group I and normal saline in group II. Pain intensity, maximal interincisal opening (MIO), and joint sounds (JS) were evaluated preoperatively, 1 week after each injection, and 3 months and 6 months after the last injection. Patients in group I showed significant improvement in pain and MIO, and higher satisfaction with treatment than patients in group II. Compared to saline injection, dextrose injection resulted in an improvement in JS but without significant difference within and between groups. Intra-articular injection of 25% dextrose is effective in the treatment of pain and dysfunction of TMJ DDWR as shown by significant improvement in pain and MIO and patient satisfaction. The technique is simple, easy to do, safe and should be adopted whenever appropriate.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007270 Injections, Intra-Articular Methods of delivering drugs into a joint space. Intra Articular Injection,Intraarticular Injection,Injections, Intraarticular,Intra-Articular Injections,Intraarticular Injections,Articular Injection, Intra,Articular Injections, Intra,Injection, Intra Articular,Injection, Intra-Articular,Injection, Intraarticular,Injections, Intra Articular,Intra Articular Injections,Intra-Articular Injection
D010146 Pain An unpleasant sensation induced by noxious stimuli which are detected by NERVE ENDINGS of NOCICEPTIVE NEURONS. Suffering, Physical,Ache,Pain, Burning,Pain, Crushing,Pain, Migratory,Pain, Radiating,Pain, Splitting,Aches,Burning Pain,Burning Pains,Crushing Pain,Crushing Pains,Migratory Pain,Migratory Pains,Pains, Burning,Pains, Crushing,Pains, Migratory,Pains, Radiating,Pains, Splitting,Physical Suffering,Physical Sufferings,Radiating Pain,Radiating Pains,Splitting Pain,Splitting Pains,Sufferings, Physical
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D005947 Glucose A primary source of energy for living organisms. It is naturally occurring and is found in fruits and other parts of plants in its free state. It is used therapeutically in fluid and nutrient replacement. Dextrose,Anhydrous Dextrose,D-Glucose,Glucose Monohydrate,Glucose, (DL)-Isomer,Glucose, (alpha-D)-Isomer,Glucose, (beta-D)-Isomer,D Glucose,Dextrose, Anhydrous,Monohydrate, Glucose
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000075527 Prolotherapy Treatment of MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN by injecting a substance into a joint space, ligament, or tendon to promote the growth of new tissue. Proliferation Therapy,Proliferation Therapies,Prolotherapies,Therapies, Proliferation,Therapy, Proliferation
D013704 Temporomandibular Joint An articulation between the condyle of the mandible and the articular tubercle of the temporal bone. TMJ,Joint, Temporomandibular,Joints, Temporomandibular,Temporomandibular Joints
D016896 Treatment Outcome Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series. Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes

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