Thermal research in patients with painful temporo-mandibular joint disorders (TMDs), treated with removable appliances

TMJ Disorders with myo fascial pain due to mechanical or psycho social problems are addressed to reversible therapy with occlusal or functional (neuro myo functional) devices. In this work we tested a covering device or occlusal splint that intercepts the mechanical occlusion problems and one with neuro myo fascial action in sublingual position, which balances the functions of swallowing and acts on neuromuscular system with sensory input. The pain is a symptom that should guide the management of TMJ disorders therapy direct at its elimination. The devices tested are able to alter the pathological engram of stomato gnatic system, although some devices seem to be able to act with muscle relaxation mechanism at the level of symmetry of muscular contraction due to sensory input with the participation of autonomic nervous system. Starting from this assumption was tested in a device font neuro my fascial, the E.li.Ba ™ ,to verify the response of patients TMD. The functionality verification was carried out by a the objective methods, evaluating the thermal response of the tissues to the action of the devices, using the infra-red thermography and with a subjective methods, as the VAS pain scale. The results obtained from the raw data of the subjective pain scale, seem to indicate that the application of the device Eliba answer is readily transposed from female patients, where already after the application is found an encouraging result.