What to do if your mandibular joint is damaged? Try this

For cases of mandibular joint disorder and bone injury, we can take Western medicine to alleviate the condition. In addition, there are physical therapy, magnet therapy, sealing therapy and other treatment methods, and everyone can choose according to their own.

(1) Medication: Commonly used are indomethacin, tablets, each tablet is 25 mg, 25 mg each time, 3 times a day, 5 consecutive days as a course of treatment; diazepam, tablets, each tablet is 2.5 mg, 2.5-5 mg each time, 3 times a day, 5 consecutive days as a course of treatment.

(2) Physical therapy: Local infrared irradiation or helium-neon laser irradiation can be used, 20 minutes each time, once a day, and one week of continuous irradiation as a course of treatment.

(3) Magnet therapy: Suitable for home treatment. Patients can apply magnet sheets to the most obvious pain points. It is easy to use and has a good analgesic effect. It is often used to treat pain and limited mouth opening in this disease. It also has a certain effect on relieving joint clicking.

(4) Other methods include closed therapy, adjustment, and orthodontic correction. If there are obvious surgical indications, surgical treatment can also be used.

Treatment points

(1) Hyperfunction of the lateral pterygoid muscle: The main purpose is to adjust the function of the lateral pterygoid muscle. 5 ml of 0.5% or 1% procaine can be used for lateral pterygoid muscle blockade, once a day, 5 to 7 times as a course of treatment.

(2) Lateral pterygoid muscle spasm: mainly to relieve muscle spasm. ①Physical therapy: 15% calcium chloride solution can be used to introduce calcium ions into the joint area and chewing area on both sides, once a day, 7 to 10 times as a course of treatment; ②Blocking therapy: Use 2% procaine 2 to 3 ml to block the lateral pterygoid muscle, once a day or every other day, 5 times as a course of treatment. If there is no significant improvement in pain, blockade therapy should be abandoned. ③ Local hot compresses, medicine cupping, and massage with traditional Chinese medicine also have certain therapeutic effects.

(3) Spasm of the masticatory muscles: The treatment is the same as that of lateral pterygoid muscle spasm, but gentle physical therapy is preferred. Sedatives and muscle relaxants, such as diazepam and enteric-coated aspirin, can be taken at the same time.