PREDICTING BY ELECTROMYOGRAPHY THE RESULTS OF NON-SURGICAL TREATMENT OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR-JOINT SYNDROME

This study of 308 patients demonstrated that reliance upon physical findings alone is not reliable for the diagnosis and the prediction of treatment success in TMJS. However, those patients who had a lengthened masseteric silent period on the EMC had a 93 percent success rate from treatment with occlusal splint and occlusal adjustment. In contrast, those patients who had a normal masseteric silent period on the EMC had only a 21 percent success rate from the same therapy. © 1979 American Society of Plastic Surgeons.