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Treatment guidelines

Mouth opening

Key points

  • Patients may present with small mouths, or limited mouth opening due to trauma, surgical interventions, sclerodermia, scars or muscular and Temporo-mandibular disorder (TMD)
  • Handle circum-oral soft tissues gently and use smaller sized-instruments, such as the ones designed for pediatric patients
  • Implant therapy offers the opportunity to manage a limited mouth opening with a more convenient prosthesis access design

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Anonymous
06.10.2018 | 13:02

Hi, my mouth opening size is decreasing slowly day after day. Could you please tell me any medication for that

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Anonymous
01.04.2020 | 06:08

After my head and neck surgery mouth is opening 1 cm. Jaw stretcher exercise doing but not fruitfull kindly advise medication

After my Head & Neck surgery and radiation my mouth is opening just 1 cm . I am doing a jaw stretcher exercise from last 3 months . At the time of exercise it opens to 2 to 3cm but after 10 mnts it comes back to his original position. Kindly help me ...i am unable to eat ..and my weight decreasing

 

 

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After my Head & Neck surgery and radiation my mouth is opening just 1 cm . I am doing a jaw stretcher exercise from last 3 months . At the time of exercise it opens to 2 to 3cm but after 10 mnts it comes back to his original position. Kindly help me ...i am unable to eat ..and my weight decreasing