Background: To evaluate the effect of Low Level Laser (LLL) application at the points of greatest pain in patients with chronic masticatory muscle pain. Results: In both laser groups, there was a ...

Imaging aided in the diagnosis of a 26-year-old man's very unusual infratemporal fossa abscess that developed in the lateral pterygoid, a masticatory muscle, following wisdom tooth extraction. The ...

Unilateral chewing is habitual due to lateral preference habit 45-97% of the global population prefer unilateral chewing Unilateral chewing has harmful effects on facial muscles, temporomandibular ...

This study was performed at the Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Istanbul, Turkey. Patients with orofacial pain who reported to the school's primary TMD referral centre ...