The habit of clenching and grinding teeth is quite common in today's societies. There may also be reasons such as the physical manifestation of emotional stress, the relationship disorders between the teeth in the lower and upper jaw, and structurally developmental anomalies of the jaws. Clenching (bruxism) and grinding habits can lead to excessive strength and growth in the chewing muscles, causing permanent damage to the teeth and jaw joint, as well as jaw, head and neck pain. While the decrease in the vertical size of the face with the abrasions it creates on the teeth causes an older appearance, the growing chin muscle makes the face look more square or round than it is, creating an aesthetic problem. Botox is a proteinaceous neurotoxin produced by Clostridium Botulinum bacteria, which can be used for both therapeutic and cosmetic purposes in many branches of medicine. It temporarily slows down the contraction function of the muscle it is injected into.
HOW DOES IT EFFECT?
Massater botox is a botox procedure applied to the chewing muscle called the massater muscle. The jaw muscle, which has become over-strengthened and enlarged due to unilateral chewing habits, clenching and grinding in daily life and sleep, dysfunctional jaw movements due to stress, excessive gum chewing or congenital deformity, is injected into the normal strength and size of the jaw muscle with botulinum toxin injection. is returned. Botox injection has also been found to be effective in relieving pain due to spasm in these muscles. Treatment options such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antidepressants, muscle relaxants, local anesthesia to trigger points and steroid injections do not have long-term effectiveness in the treatment of myofascial pain related to the masticatory muscle, which is one of the jaw joint disorders. In addition to these, it has been observed that pain and sensitivity decrease when botox injection is applied to the massater and temporal (temporal region) muscles as an adjunct to treatment options such as occlusal splint therapy and physiotherapy in joint-related facial pain.
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