22
Participants
Start Date
June 30, 1994
Primary Completion Date
September 30, 2010
Study Completion Date
October 31, 2010
Distraction splint therapy
After the diagnosis of unilateral TMJ arthritis with clinical asymmetric mandibular growth deviations the JIA patients are offered treatment with a distraction splint. The appliance consists of an acrylic splint (distraction splint) covering the occlusal surfaces of the teeth in the upper or lower dental arch. The height of the splint is thereafter gradually increased every 6th to 10th weeks in order to optimize the mandible growth in the affected side and thereby reduce the overall asymmetric mandibular growth pattern(non-surgical distraction of the TMJ and mandibular condyle).
Dep. of Orthodontics, Aarhus University, Aarhus
Aarhus University Hospital
OTHER
University of Aarhus
OTHER