<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article presents the results of research on the effects of a long-term exposure to non-physiological location of anatomical elements of the masticatory organ in the course of diving. The said exposure is connected with the utilisation of various types of diving mouthpieces.</p><p>The study was conducted on 186 professional divers manifesting various conditions occurring immediately upon diving completion and connected with the temporomandibular joints and muscles lifting the mandible. The most frequently reported pain affected the areas of cervical spine and shoulder ring, earache and reflex pain, an exhausting gritting of teeth.</p></abstract>

The article presents the results of research on the effects of a long-term exposure to non-physiological location of anatomical elements of the masticatory organ in the course of diving. The said exposure is connected with the utilisation of various types of diving mouthpieces.The study was conducted on 186 professional divers manifesting various conditions occurring immediately upon diving completion and connected with the temporomandibular joints and muscles lifting the mandible. The most frequently reported pain affected the areas of cervical spine and shoulder ring, earache and reflex pain, an exhausting gritting of teeth.

The diving mouthpiece and the conditions of the temporomandibular joints. Preliminary study

“Prodentin” Dental Clinic in Gliwice, Poland

Institute of Maritime and Hyperbaric Medicine of the Military Medical Institute in Gdynia, Poland

Polish Hyperbaric Research

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The article presents the results of research on the effects of a long-term exposure to non-physiological location of anatomical elements of the masticatory...

The diving mouthpiece and the conditions of the temporomandibular joints. Preliminary study

Publié en ligne: 19 août 2016

Pages: 39 - 46

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/phr-2016-0010

Mots clés
masticatory dysfunctions, diving mouthpiece, bruxism

© 2016 Karolina Walczyńska – Dragon et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The diving mouthpiece and the conditions of the temporomandibular joints. Preliminary study

Publié en ligne: 19 août 2016

Pages: 39 - 46

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/phr-2016-0010

Mots clésmasticatory dysfunctions, diving mouthpiece, bruxism

© 2016 Karolina Walczyńska – Dragon et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
masticatory dysfunctions, diving mouthpiece, bruxism