ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2023
Dynamic Quantitative Imaging of the Masseter Muscles in Bruxism Patients with Myofascial Pain: Could It Be an Objective Biomarker?
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- Masseter muscle stiffness in bruxism and myofascial pain-related temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative ultrasound elastography studies.Oral radiology · 2026Pooled it
- Multiparametric Ultrasonographic Phenotyping of the Masseter Muscle in Temporomandibular Disorders and Clinically Defined Probable Bruxism.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2026Article
- B-mode ultrasound radiomics of the masseter muscle for differentiating individuals with and without clinically defined probable bruxism.Oral radiology · 2026Article
- Association of posterior occlusal support with ultrasonographic characteristics of the masseter muscle: a prospective single-center study.BMC oral health · 2026Observational
- Localization of pain in patients with probable bruxism: a cross-sectional pain-drawing and heat-map analysis.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Ultrasonographic measurement of masseter muscle thickness and elasticity in patients with symptomatic apical periodontitis.Clinical oral investigations · 2026Article
- Ultrasound examination of asymmetry in temporomandibular disorders.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2026Article
- Population Analysis of Masseter Muscle Tension Using Shear Wave Ultrasonography across Different Disease States.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Comparison of ultrasonography-based masticatory muscle thickness between temporomandibular disorders bruxers and temporomandibular disorders non-bruxers.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Bruxism in alcohol abusers: a systematic review conducted according to PRISMA guidelines and the cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions.BMC oral health · 2024Article
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Abstract
We aimed to investigate whether the collaboration of shear wave elastosonography (SWE) and B-mode ultrasonography (US) could be offered as diagnostic tools to assess the presence, severity, and progress of bruxism, as well as a biomarker for the effectiveness of treatment in daily clinical practice. The study was designed as a quantitative evaluation of the masseter muscles (MMs) of the clinically diagnosed bruxism patients suffering from myofascial pain and MMs of the healthy individuals. Clinical examinations were made according to the diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders (DC/TMD), and pain was assessed using a visual analog scale (VAS). Painful MMs with VAS scores ≥ 4 were assigned to Group A, and healthy MMs were assigned to Group B. Also, the MMs of the painful bruxers were analyzed based on wearing occlusal splints. Group A was divided into two subgroups as splint users (Group AI) and non-users (Group AII). All the participants were scanned with dynamic US and SWE to quantify the size and stiffness of the MMs. Measurements of each muscle pair while the jaw is in a resting position (relaxation) and clenching position (contraction) were recorded. The significant differences in stiffness and thickness became visible in the relaxation state. Bruxism patients with myofascial pain had significantly harder and thinner MMs than healthy individuals. During the relaxation, the mean thickness and elasticity values were 9.17 ± 0.40 mm and 39.13 ± 4.52 kPa for Group A and 10.38 ± 0.27 and 27.73 ± 1.92 for Group B, respectively. Also, stiffer MMs were measured in Group AII (38.16 ± 3.61 kPa) than in Group AI (26.91 ± 2.13 kPa). In conclusion, the combination of SWE and US using a dynamic examination technique has the potential to be a valuable tool for the management of bruxism patients suffering from myofascial pain.
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