NCT05362877

The Use of Earplugs on Temporomandibular Joint

The Effect of Earplugs on Myogenous Temporomandibular Disorders

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The term temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) refers to a group of disorders affecting the temporomandibular joint and/or muscles of mastication. Typical symptoms are; joint noises, pain, and limited mouth opening. Many therapeutic modalities have been advocated for the treatment of TMD as intraoral splints, laser, ultrasound, physical therapy, surgery, and medications with inconsistent reported results due to the multifactorial etiology of this disorder. Although intraoral splints are the most widely used therapy, it has some drawbacks as being inconvenient for the patient due to their relatively large size interferes with eating and affects speech, therefore their use is mostly limited to sleeping time, which decreases its effectiveness. Recently some commercial earplugs that claim to treat TMD have been introduced, however, there is no validated data regarding these appliances. Thus, this study aimss to evaluate the possible effect of earplugs on myogenous TMD.

Conditions

• Ear Protective Devices
• Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
• Physical Therapy Modalities

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Earplug	Using earplugs to reduce the symptoms of temporomandibular disorder
DEVICE	occlusal splint	Using occlusal splints to reduce the symptoms of temporomandibular disorder
OTHER	exercise	Applying exercise to reduce the symptoms of temporomandibular disorder

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-01
• Primary completion: 2023-08-03
• Completion: 2023-12-03
• First posted: 2022-05-05
• Last updated: 2024-04-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)