Accuracy of Patient Specific Guide for TMJ Injection

Al-Azhar University

Status: Completed

Conditions: TMD

Treatments: Procedure: TMJ injection using patient specific guide

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05522114

PSG-TMJ-acc.

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is designed to evaluate the accuracy of planned needle position using patient specific guide during TMJ superior joint space injection.

Full description

The actual position of the needle evaluated in comparison to the planned one using MSCT while the patient wearing the customized needle guide.

Enrollment: 5 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients diagnosed with intra-articular TMJ disorder according to Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (RDC/TMD).
• Patients who would not respond to conservative treatment as the first line of treatment.

Exclusion criteria

• Lactating, pregnant or planning pregnancy women.
• Known hypersensitivity to hyaluronic acid or clear biocompatible photopolymer resin.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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5 participants in 1 patient group

Patient specific guided injection

Experimental group

Description:

Patients treated with HA injection in TMJ using PSG and the accuracy evaluated using MSCT.

Treatment:

Procedure: TMJ injection using patient specific guide