MYOFASCIAL PAIN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME

What is Myofascial pain?
Myofascial pain is pain referred from a localized tender area of trigger point, in a taut band of skeletal muscle .

What are the sites frequently involved?
The head, neck, shoulders and lower back are the sites most frequently involved.

What is the etiology of MPDS?
MPDS is primarily a result of emotional rather than occlusal and mechanical factors.

What are the signs and symptoms of MPDS?
The signs and symptoms of MPDS are
1. unilateral, dull pain in the ear or preauricular region that is commonly worse on awakening
2. tenderness of one or more muscles of mastication on palpation
3. limitation or deviation of the mandible on opening

What are the lines of treatment for MPDS?
The following are the modalities of treatment of MPDS;
Practitioner suggestion and placebo drugs
occlusal splints
occlusal equilibration