Comparing Ultrasound, Laser and TENS for pain management of the jaw in patients after prolonged mouth opening

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Health Condition 1: K088- Other specified disorders of teethand supporting structures

Registration Number: CTRI/2024/06/068846

Lead Sponsor: Aishwarya Jain

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Patients having a TMJ pain of VAS more than 3 on 1 to 10 point scale on mouth opening following the restorative treatment will be included in the study. Patients requiring the placement of rubber dam for restorative treatment will be included in the study. A written informed consent will be taken from all the patients and only those patients ready to sign the consent form will be included in the study

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with myocardial disorders having pacemakers, recent trauma and epileptic patients will be excluded from the study

2. Patients with pulpal exposure will be excluded for the study.

3. Patients with TMD pain prior to the treatment will be excluded from the study

4. Patients who had taken analgesic medication 12 hrs before the treatment will be excluded from the study 5.Pregnant and lactating women will be excluded.

6.Medically compromised patients and patients with history to any substance abuse

will be excluded from the study.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To evaluate and compare efficacy of Therapeutic Ultrasound, TENS and LLLT in management of TMJ pain in patients following Restorative procedure immediately after therapy, after 6 hours, after 24 hours and after 48 hours. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: immediately after therapy, after 6 hours, after 24 hours and after 48 hours. <br/ ><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
will tell us about which technique is better for TMJ pain managementTimepoint: immediately after therapy, after 6 hours, after 24 hours and after 48 hours. <br/ ><br>