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ArticleDento maxillo facial radiology2018

Microstructural investigation of masticatory muscles: a pre- and post-treatment diffusion tensor imaging study in a bruxism case.

Enricomaria Mormina, Francesca Granata, Michele Gaeta, Marcello Longo, Alessandro Calamuneri, Alessandro Arrigo, Francesco De Ponte, Sergio Lucio Vinci, Luciano Catalfamo, Enrico Nastro Siniscalchi

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Article in Dento maxillo facial radiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Enricomaria Mormina1 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina , Messina , Italy.
Francesca Granata2 Neuroradiology Unit-Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina , Messina , Italy.
Michele Gaeta2 Neuroradiology Unit-Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina , Messina , Italy.
Marcello Longo2 Neuroradiology Unit-Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina , Messina , Italy.
Alessandro Calamuneri3 UOSD of Neurophysiopathology and Movement Disorders, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina , Messina , Italy.
Alessandro Arrigo2 Neuroradiology Unit-Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina , Messina , Italy.
Francesco De Ponte5 Maxillofacial Unit-Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences, Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina , Messina , Italy.
Sergio Lucio Vinci2 Neuroradiology Unit-Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina , Messina , Italy.
Luciano Catalfamo5 Maxillofacial Unit-Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences, Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina , Messina , Italy.
Enrico Nastro Siniscalchi5 Maxillofacial Unit-Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences, Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina , Messina , Italy.
University of Messina · ITIstituto Euro Mediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We evaluated, by means of a non-invasive procedure based on MRI, the masticatory muscular microstructure in a 55-year-old-female patient affected by bruxism. The patient underwent MR examination before and after 1 month of splint therapy, when she mentioned the complete disappearance of all symptoms. By means of diffusion tensor imaging we observed changes at microstructural level of masticatory muscular complex. We conclude that diffusion tensor imaging may be a useful instrument both to perform panoramic reconstruction of the masticatory muscle complex and to investigate microstructural modifications related to the pain relief in bruxism.

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Diffusion Tensor ImagingBruxismFemaleHumansMasticatory MusclesMiddle AgedOcclusal SplintsPain Measurement

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PMID29470139
PMCPMC6196038
OpenAlexW2788012464

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