NCT01409850

Comparison Study of Two Splints Used for Treatment of Acute Temporomandibular Pain.

Pilot Clinical Trial on the Treatment Effectiveness of Two Splints for Acute Temporomandibular Pain.

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Heidelberg University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The most commonly applied treatment against acute temporomandibular signs and symptoms is pharmacotherapy. The evidence on treatment efficacy of non-medication treatments (like splints) is very low. Two very commonly used splints are the Aqualizer® and the soft polyester splint. These are splints applied for a short period of time, until the treatment with a hard splint and/or physiotherapy begins. Aim of this study is to compare the clinical short-time efficacy of these two splints for the treatment of acute temporomandibular pain and compare it to a control group receiving no therapy for that short time. The study hypothesis is that there is a difference in pain reduction between the three groups of patients (two intervention and one control group).

Conditions

• Myofascial Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Aqualizer	The Aqualizer is a soft splint with water-filled pads.
DEVICE	Soft splint

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-07-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2011-08-04
• Last updated: 2014-12-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany