EVALUATION OF LOSS OF OCCLUSION AND INCREASE IN JOINT DISORDER WITH SPLINT: CASE REPORT

Purpose: large number of treatment methods have been suggested so far in order to treat the functional disorders related to the temporomandibular joint(tmj) and masticatory muscles. one of them is occlusion splint therapy. in this case report, improper splint which was applied to the patient during the laboratory procedures and its effects on occlusion and tmj complication and treatment will be represented. case: a 24 year old woman consulted to our department with the complaint of nonocclusion and pain on the tmj regions. her anamnesis revealed that a dentist applied the patient an improper splint, the patient had some psychological problems. clinical examination revealed muscle spazm, functional pain and loss of occlusion. movement restriction and heat compression with the medical therapy was recommended to the patient. it was consulted to the psychiatry and orthodontics departments. occlusal rehabilitation was provided in specific intervals. result: the 1st, 2nd and 5th month controls of the patient have been done. at the 5th control improvement was observed in the symptoms and masticatory function was ordered.