Temporomandibular Myofacial Pain Treated with Botulinum Toxin Injection

Niv Mor; Christropher Tang; Andrew Blitzer

doi:10.3390/toxins7082791

Toxins (Jul 2015)

Temporomandibular Myofacial Pain Treated with Botulinum Toxin Injection

Niv Mor,
Christropher Tang,
Andrew Blitzer

Affiliations

Niv Mor: Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, New York, NY 10019, USA
Christropher Tang: Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, New York, NY 10019, USA
Andrew Blitzer: Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, New York, NY 10019, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins7082791
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 8
pp. 2791 – 2800

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This article reviews the diagnoses and treatment of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and outlines of the role of botulinum toxin (BoNT) in the treatment of myofacial TMD. This manuscript includes a brief history of the use of BoNT in the treatment of pain, the mechanism of action of BoNT, and the techniques for injections, adverse effects and contraindications when using BoNT to treat mayofacial pain caused by TMD.

Published in Toxins

ISSN: 2072-6651 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/toxins/

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