Treatment of non-odontogenic orofacial pain using botulinum toxin-A: a retrospective case series study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of treatment of non-odontogenic atypical orofacial pain using botulinum toxin-A.

Methods

This study involved seven patients (seven females, mean age 65.1 years) who had non-odontogenic orofacial pain (neuropathic pain and atypical orofacial pain) and visited the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital between 2015 and 2017. All medication therapies were preceded by botulinum toxin-A injections, followed by injections in the insignificant effects of medication therapies. Five of the seven patients received intraoral injections in the gingival vestibule or mucosa, while the remaining two received extraoral injections in the masseter and temporal muscle areas.

Results

In five of the seven patie

SUBMITTER: Kim SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6093826 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature