- 이갈이를 동반한 교근비대증 환자에서 보툴리눔 A형 독소 주사의 효과 경험예
- ㆍ 저자명
- 김성택,함종욱,최종훈,김종열
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 大韓齒科醫師協會誌
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2003년|41권 6호|pp.450-454 (5 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 대한치과의사협회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
The Purpose of this study is to report the effect botulinum toxin type A injection for the masseter hypertrophy patient with bruxism. Nine patients enrolled in this study were diagnosed as masseter hypertrophy associated with bruxism and the patients were injected with a 25U of botulinum toxin type A (BTXA:Lanzhou) to each masseter muscles. All nine patients showed marked reduction of masseter hypertrophy and eight patients reported the resolution of bruxism in 8 weeks after injection, with no significant complications. This preliminary study suggest that the botulinum toxin type A injection is an alternative method to treat the masseter hypertrophy with bruxism.