Bruxism secondary to brain injury treated with Botulinum toxin-A: a case report
<p>Abstract</p> <p>We report a successful treatment of bruxism in a patient with anoxic brain injury using botulinum toxin-A (BTX-A). On examination the mouth opening was 0 mm, no feeding was possible through the mouth. Botulinum toxin was injected into the masseter and temporalis;...
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| author | Swinson Brian Upile Tahwinder Jerjes Waseem El Maaytah Mohammed Hopper Colin Ayliffe Peter |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>We report a successful treatment of bruxism in a patient with anoxic brain injury using botulinum toxin-A (BTX-A). On examination the mouth opening was 0 mm, no feeding was possible through the mouth. Botulinum toxin was injected into the masseter and temporalis; great improvement in trismus and bruxism was noted after 3 weeks. One further treatment improved the mouth opening on the following week and the patient was discharged from our care to be reviewed when required.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e60c7dcd291a40818c4c6eb90f7505792022-12-21T20:55:35ZengBMCHead & Face Medicine1746-160X2006-11-01214110.1186/1746-160X-2-41Bruxism secondary to brain injury treated with Botulinum toxin-A: a case reportSwinson BrianUpile TahwinderJerjes WaseemEl Maaytah MohammedHopper ColinAyliffe Peter<p>Abstract</p> <p>We report a successful treatment of bruxism in a patient with anoxic brain injury using botulinum toxin-A (BTX-A). On examination the mouth opening was 0 mm, no feeding was possible through the mouth. Botulinum toxin was injected into the masseter and temporalis; great improvement in trismus and bruxism was noted after 3 weeks. One further treatment improved the mouth opening on the following week and the patient was discharged from our care to be reviewed when required.</p>http://www.head-face-med.com/content/2/1/41 |
| spellingShingle | Swinson Brian Upile Tahwinder Jerjes Waseem El Maaytah Mohammed Hopper Colin Ayliffe Peter Bruxism secondary to brain injury treated with Botulinum toxin-A: a case report Head & Face Medicine |
| title | Bruxism secondary to brain injury treated with Botulinum toxin-A: a case report |
| title_full | Bruxism secondary to brain injury treated with Botulinum toxin-A: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Bruxism secondary to brain injury treated with Botulinum toxin-A: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bruxism secondary to brain injury treated with Botulinum toxin-A: a case report |
| title_short | Bruxism secondary to brain injury treated with Botulinum toxin-A: a case report |
| title_sort | bruxism secondary to brain injury treated with botulinum toxin a a case report |
| url | http://www.head-face-med.com/content/2/1/41 |
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