El Maaytah, M;
Jerjes, W;
Upile, T;
Swinson, B;
Hopper, C;
Ayliffe, P;
(2006)
Bruxism secondary to brain injury treated with botulinum toxin-A: a case report.
Head and Face Medicine
, 2
, Article 41. 10.1186/1746-160X-2-41.
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Abstract
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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Bruxism secondary to brain injury treated with botulinum toxin-A: a case report |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1746-160X-2-41 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-160X-2-41 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2006 El Maaytah et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Case report, MS, November, Other |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Eastman Dental Institute UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Eastman Dental Institute > EDI MaxFac, Diagnostic, Med and Surg Sci |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/176076 |
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