Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020): (Available online: 1 April 2020)

Management of myofascial pain: a systematic review

Acing H. Mude (Department of Prosthodontic, Faculty of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia)
Imran Irsal (Department of Prosthodontic, Faculty of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Apr 2020

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the current treatment on myofascial pain in the last 5 years.Methods: Electronic database were systematically searched in PubMed and Wiley to find articles related to treatment of myofascial pain that were published in last 5 years. ; Keyword or MESH that used in this study were management, treatment, myofascial pain, myofascial syndrome and temporomandibular disorder.  Results: There were 86 articles found in intial search, and only 17 were used as final articles after a selection using PICO questions. The number of female experiencing myofascial pain is 385 (94%) while men only 23 (6%) of the total sample of 408 people. The muscle involved n this study were masseter and temporal, with 3 (20 %) involved masseter and 12 (80 %) involved both muscle. The studies reported that the treatment use for this case were 7 (41%) with low-level laser therapy, 4 (23%) used treatment with drugs, 3 (17%) used occlusal device therapy and the other used dry needle, masseter nerve block and massage on temporal and mass muscle.Conclusion: This systematic review concluded that low level laser therapy was the most selected treatment in the last 5 years studies. Myofascial pain was predominantly found in female than male and muscle that involved in this treatment were masseter and temporalis muscle. 

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jdmfs

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Subject

Dentistry

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Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science (J Dentomaxillofac Sci) is an international, peer-reviewed, and open access journal published in English language. Our journal aims to keep dentists informed of developments and advances in general dentistry and its different specialties in an easy-to-read ...