Botulinum toxin injection attenuates nonodontogenic toothache: A case report

Parimal Chavan; SwarnaLakshmi Raman; Arief Waskitho; Junhel Dalanon; Yasutomo Yoshihara; Kazuo Okura; Ryosuke Miyamoto; Yoshizo Matsuka

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5494

Clinical Case Reports (Feb 2022)

Botulinum toxin injection attenuates nonodontogenic toothache: A case report

Parimal Chavan,
SwarnaLakshmi Raman,
Arief Waskitho,
Junhel Dalanon,
Yasutomo Yoshihara,
Kazuo Okura,
Ryosuke Miyamoto,
Yoshizo Matsuka

Affiliations

Parimal Chavan: Department of Stomatognathic Function and Occlusal Reconstruction Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Tokushima University Tokushima Japan
SwarnaLakshmi Raman: Department of Stomatognathic Function and Occlusal Reconstruction Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Tokushima University Tokushima Japan
Arief Waskitho: Department of Stomatognathic Function and Occlusal Reconstruction Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Tokushima University Tokushima Japan
Junhel Dalanon: Department of Stomatognathic Function and Occlusal Reconstruction Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Tokushima University Tokushima Japan
Yasutomo Yoshihara: Department of Stomatognathic Function and Occlusal Reconstruction Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Tokushima University Tokushima Japan
Kazuo Okura: Department of Stomatognathic Function and Occlusal Reconstruction Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Tokushima University Tokushima Japan
Ryosuke Miyamoto: Department of Neurology Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Tokushima University Tokushima Japan
Yoshizo Matsuka: Department of Stomatognathic Function and Occlusal Reconstruction Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Tokushima University Tokushima Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5494
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 2
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract Nonodontogenic myofascial pain on a 39‐year‐old female patient presented with pain in the lower left quadrant of the jaw. Root canal treatment, replacement of inlay, and behavioral modifications were carried out. Injection of botulinum toxin A at left masseter muscle reduced the toothache.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2050-0904

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