Behavioral Therapy and Self-care vs Thermoformed Occlusal Splints in the Treatment of Masticatory Muscles Pain

It is based on the premise that cognition, the process of acquiring knowledge and forming beliefs, is a primary determinant of mood and behavior. The therapy uses behavioral and self-care techniques to identify, correct and prevent behaviors or situations capable of altering the subject's state

Occlusal splint formed in a vacuum from rigid individual sheets of 2 mm thick polyethylene terephthalate (Biolon, Dreve, Unna, Germany).

Occlusal splint formed in a vacuum from 3 mm thick individual soft sheets of ethyl vinyl acetate (Drufosoft, Dreve, Unna, Germany).

non-occlusive splint formed under vacuum from individual sheets of rigid polyethylene terephthalate 2 mm thick (Biolon, Dreve, Unna, Germany), from which the occlusal surfaces were cut and incisal edges, allowing the usual occlusal contact of each subject.