The twin block injection: An adjunctive clinical aid for the management of acute arthrogenous temporomandibular joint dysfunction

Sowmya Ananthan; Gayathri Subramanian; Trishna Patel; Samuel Y.P. Quek

doi:10.3290/j.qi.a44150

The twin block injection: An adjunctive clinical aid for the management of acute arthrogenous temporomandibular joint dysfunction

Sowmya Ananthan, Gayathri Subramanian, Trishna Patel, Samuel Y.P. Quek

School of Dental Medicine, Diagnostic Sciences

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The twin block Injection is a novel nerve block that has been shown previously to be efficacious in the management of masticatory myofascial pain. Little is known about its effec tiveness for reducing pain from the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Case report: A 19-year-old man presented with limited mouth opening with pain in the left side of his face. After a thor ough history and examination was completed, the diagnosis was acute anterior disc displacement without reduction in the left TMJ and myalgia of the left side temporalis and masseter muscles. After receiving the twin block injection, the patient re ported that the pain in his TMJ had reduced along with the con comitant myalgia. The twin block injection is efficacious for the management of both arthrogenous and myogenous sources of temporomandibular disorders.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	330-333
Number of pages	4
Journal	Quintessence international
Volume	51
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3290/j.qi.a44150
State	Published - 2020

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General Dentistry

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Myalgia
Nerve blocks
Temporomandibular disorder

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