Estudo da Relação entre Hiperatividade dos Músculos Esfenomandibulares e dor ocular

• Autor(a) principal: BORGES, Raulino Naves
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFG
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tde/1502
• topic: Desordem temporomandibular; músculo esfenomandibular; dor ocular; 1.Desordem Temporomandibular 2.Músculo Esfenomandibular 3.Dor Ocular; Temporomandibular disorder; sphenomandibular muscle; ocular pain; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE

study was based on the hypothesis that a TMD can be the etiological factor in ocular pain and to test it the authors performed a clinical evaluation in TMD patients presenting with sphenomandibular muscle hyperactivity. The hypothesis is based on the fact that the muscle originates in the lateral aspect of the orbit, with a point of insertion in the mandible. It is an observational and descriptive study, characterized by: 1) an anatomical investigation performed in cadavers and 2) a clinical interpretation of the physiological relationship between sphenomandibular muscle functions and symptoms involving temporomandibular disorders presenting with ocular pain. Ten anatomical specimens (five cadavers) from the Anatomy Department of the School of Medicine of the Catholic University of Goiás were examined. One hundred three patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) were treated and followed in the Outpatient Clinic of the School of Dentistry of the Federal University of Goiás for the purpose of studying the interrelationship between cervical and craniofacial pain symptoms and craniomandibular disorders. The work was carried out in the Outpatient Clinic of the School of Dentistry of the Federal University of Goiás, between April 2006 and December 2008. Inclusion criteria, used to form Group I, totaling 58 patients, included temporomandibular disorders, referred ocular pain and sphenomandibular muscle hyperactivity. Group II comprised 45 patients who did not present with sphenomandibular muscle hyperactivity. All the patients received treatment for Temporomandibular Disorder (Groups I and II) and were followed for two years, with biannual evaluation visits. Response to treatment was evaluated by means of an opinion-based questionnaire that served to stratify the level of ocular pain, which was reported as eliminated in 46 of the 58 patients in Group I (79.3%) and in eight Group II patients (17.8%). This evaluation has made it possible for the authors to affirm that the sphenomandibular muscle is independent from the temporal muscle and is closely related to the orbit; the clinical examinations conducted along the study enabled the evaluation of sphenomandibular muscle hyperactivity in temporomandibular disorder episodes; and this hyperactivity is significantly associated to the presence of referred ocular pain.